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Experimental evolution of human influenza virus H3 hemagglutinin in the mouse lung identifies adaptive regions in HA1 and HA2.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2008
Keleta Liya, Ibricevic Aida, Bovin Nicolai V, Brody Steven L, Brown Earl G
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis for virulence and host switching in influenza A viruses (FLUAV) is largely unknown. Because the hemagglutinin (HA) protein is a determinant of these properties, HA evolution was mapped in an experimental model of mouse lung adaptation. Variants of prototype A/Hong Kong/1/68 (H3N2) (wild-type [wt] HK) human virus were selected in both longitudinal and parallel studies of lung adaptation. Mapping...
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