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Permissive secondary mutations enable the evolution of influenza oseltamivir resistance.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 4 Jun 2010
Bloom Jesse D, Gong Lizhi Ian, Baltimore David
Abstract excerpt
The His274-->Tyr274 (H274Y) mutation confers oseltamivir resistance on N1 influenza neuraminidase but had long been thought to compromise viral fitness. However, beginning in 2007-2008, viruses containing H274Y rapidly became predominant among human seasonal H1N1 isolates. We show that H274Y decreases the amount of neuraminidase that reaches the cell surface and that this defect can be counteracted by secondary...
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