Article
Location of neutralizing epitopes on the hemagglutinin-esterase protein of influenza C virus.
Virology - 1 Jul 1992
Matsuzaki M, Sugawara K, Adachi K, Hongo S, Nishimura H, Kitame F, Nakamura K
Abstract excerpt
Neutralization-resistant variants of influenza C/Ann Arbor/1/50 virus were selected with monoclonal antibodies against four different antigenic sites on the hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) glycoprotein, and their HE genes were sequenced to identify amino acid residues important for the integrity of each site. Twelve different amino acid substitutions in a total of 18 antigenic variants were all located on the HE1...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Binding Sites
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Epitopes
- Genetic Variation
- Glycoproteins
- Hemagglutination
- Hemagglutinins, Viral
- Gammainfluenzavirus
- Molecular Sequence Data
