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Figure 6.
Figure 6 Surface representations of the rotavirus VP8^* core, colored according to the variability between the rotavirus strains listed in Table III. Blue represents the most conserved surfaces and red represents the most variable surfaces. Labeled amino acids indicate neutralization escape mutations (Table IV). Labels colored by epitope: 8-1, green; 8-2, blue; 8-3, yellow; 8-4, pink; and not assigned, black. (A) As viewed along arrow 3 of Figure 7. (B) As viewed along arrow 1 and in panel B of Figure 7. (C) As viewed along arrow 2 and in panel C of Figure 7. (A) and (C) are rotated 90° in either direction around the horizontal axis relative to (B), as indicated by arrows on the figure.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (2002, 21, 885-897) copyright 2002.