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Amino Acid Residues 253 and 591 of the PB2 Protein of Avian Influenza Virus A H9N2 Contribute to Mammalian Pathogenesis
7 Jul 2011
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We investigated the tropism, host responses, and virulence of two variants of A/Quail/Hong Kong/G1/1997 (H9N2) (H9N2/G1) with D253N and Q591K in the PB2 protein in primary human macrophages and bronchial epithelium in vitro and in mice in vivo. Virus with PB2 D253N and Q591K had greater polymerase activity in minireplicon assays, induced more tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in human macrophages, replicated...
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