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Networks link antigenic and receptor-binding sites of influenza hemagglutinin: mechanistic insight into fitter strain propagation.
Scientific reports - 1 Jan 2011
Soundararajan Venkataramanan, Zheng Shu, Patel Neel, Warnock Ken, Raman Rahul, Wilson Ian A, Raguram S, Sasisekharan V, Sasisekharan Ram
Abstract excerpt
Influenza viral passaging through pre-vaccinated mice shows that emergent antigenic site mutations on the viral hemagglutinin (HA) impact host receptor-binding affinity and, therefore, the evolution of fitter influenza strains. To understand this phenomenon, we computed the Significant Interactions Network (SIN) for each residue and mapped the networks of antigenic site residues on a representative H1N1 HA....
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