In this study it is demonstrated that BTV VP2 associates with vimentin …

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Competing interests

- Interaction between Bluetongue virus outer capsid protein VP2 and vimentin is necessary for virus egress

The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors' contributions

BB carried out the confocal microscopy, mutagenesis and fractionation studies. RN conceived the study, made the initial observations on the localisation of GFP-tagged VP2 and wrote a draft of the manuscript. PR contributed ideas to the design and co-ordination of the study and secured funding for the project. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Acknowledgements

Staff completed the work described in this manuscript were supported by grants from the BBSRC (RN), and the NIH (BB and PR).