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Bovine and mouse serum beta inhibitors of influenza A viruses are mannose-binding lectins.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Jun 1990
Anders E M, Hartley C A, Jackson D C
Abstract excerpt
Normal bovine and mouse sera contain a component, termed beta inhibitor, that inhibits the infectivity and hemagglutinating activity of influenza A viruses of the H1 and H3 subtypes. To investigate the nature of the interaction of beta inhibitors with influenza A viruses we isolated a mutant of the virus Mem71H-BelN (H3N1) that could grow in the presence of bovine serum. The mutant virus was resistant to...
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