%0 Journal Article %A Li, Peng %A Bellett, Alan J. D. %A Parish, Christopher R. %T A Comparison of the Terminal Protein and Hexon Polypeptides of Avian and Human Adenoviruses %D 1983 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 64 %N 6 %P 1375-1379 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-64-6-1375 %K adenovirus %K hexon %K CELO virus %K terminal protein %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY It was found that the virion terminal protein of chick embryo lethal orphan (CELO) virus had a molecular weight of 46000, and the hexon a molecular weight of 100000. 125I-labelled tryptic and chymotryptic peptide maps of the hexons and terminal proteins from CELO virus and human adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) differed. However, limited proteolysis of CELO virus and Ad5 terminal proteins by protease V8 showed similarities which were not detected in the case of the two hexons. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-64-6-1375