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Compensatory Evolution of Net-Charge in Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin
12 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
The propagation of influenza A virus depends on the balance between the activities of hemagglutinin (HA) for binding to host cells and neuraminidase (NA) for releasing from infected cells (HA-NA balance). Since the host cell membrane and the sialic acid receptor are negatively charged, the amino acid substitutions increasing (charge+) and decreasing (charge-) the positive charge of HA subunit 1 (HA1) enhance and...
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