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Evolutionary analysis of the influenza A virus M gene with comparison of the M1 and M2 proteins.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 1991
Ito T, Gorman O T, Kawaoka Y, Bean W J, Webster R G
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analysis of 42 membrane protein (M) genes of influenza A viruses from a variety of hosts and geographic locations showed that these genes have evolved into at least four major host-related lineages: (i) A/Equine/prague/56, which has the most divergent M gene; (ii) a lineage containing only H13 gull viruses; (iii) a lineage containing both human and classical swine viruses; and (iv) an avian lineage...
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