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Computational identification of reassortments in avian influenza viruses.
Avian diseases - 1 Mar 2007
Wan Xiu-Feng, Wu Xiaomeng, Lin Guohui, Holton Samuel B, Desmone Racheal A, Shyu Chi-Ren, Guan Yi, Emch Michael E
Abstract excerpt
The avian influenza virus (AIV) has eight genomic segments (hemagglutinin [HA], neuraminidase [NA], RNA polymerase subunit A [PA], RNA polymerase subunit B1 [PB1], RNA polymerase subunit B2 [PB2], nucleoprotein [NP], nonstructural gene [NS], and matrix protein [M]). The genetic reassortments, recombinations, and mutations lead to a rapid emergence of novel genotypes of the AIVs during their evolution. These...
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