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Hemagglutinin receptor binding avidity drives influenza A virus antigenic drift.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Oct 2009
Hensley Scott E, Das Suman R, Bailey Adam L, Schmidt Loren M, Hickman Heather D, Jayaraman Akila, Viswanathan Karthik, Raman Rahul, Sasisekharan Ram, Bennink Jack R, Yewdell Jonathan W
Abstract excerpt
Rapid antigenic evolution in the influenza A virus hemagglutinin precludes effective vaccination with existing vaccines. To understand this phenomenon, we passaged virus in mice immunized with influenza vaccine. Neutralizing antibodies selected mutants with single-amino acid hemagglutinin substitutions that increased virus binding to cell surface glycan receptors. Passaging these high-avidity binding mutants in...
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