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Screening of influenza mutations using base-specific cleavage and MALDI mass spectrometry.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 May 2013
Gao Xiang, Sugrue Richard J, Tan Boon-Huan, Tang Kai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes encode surface glycoproteins of influenza virus. These two proteins are involved in pathogenicity and are the primary targets of the immune system. Mutations in the HA and NA genes can result in antigenic drift in an influenza viral strain. A comparative sequencing method using MALDI MS combined with base-specific cleavage has been applied for the...
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