Article
Evolution of the NS genes of the influenza A viruses. II. Characteristics of the amino acid changes in the NS1 proteins of the influenza A viruses.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 1990
Nakajima K, Nobusawa E, Nakajima S
Abstract excerpt
We compared the amino acid sequences of the NS1 proteins of human, equine, and avian influenza viruses. The ratios of the amino acid substitutions per nucleotide substitutions in the NS1 proteins were about 27-45%, suggesting the existence of constraints on the amino acid changes of the NS1 protein in evolution. As a measure of constraints exerted on the regions of a protein, a changeability index is proposed....
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Birds
- Capsid
- Chimera
- Cytoplasm
- DNA, Viral
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genes, Viral
