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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 decr...
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