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Rescue of a H3N2 influenza virus containing a deficient neuraminidase protein by a hemagglutinin with a low receptor-binding affinity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Richard Mathilde, Erny Alexandra, Caré Bertrand, Traversier Aurélien, Barthélémy Mendy, Hay Alan, Lin Yi Pu, Ferraris Olivier, Lina Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Influenza viruses possess at their surface two glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin and the neuraminidase, of which the antagonistic functions have to be well balanced for the virus to grow efficiently. Ferraris et al. isolated in 2003-2004 viruses lacking both a NA gene and protein (H3NA- viruses) (Ferraris O., 2006, Vaccine, 24(44-46):6656-9). In this study we showed that the hemagglutinins of two of the H3NA-...
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