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Non-Avian Animal Reservoirs Present a Source of Influenza A PB1-F2 Proteins with Novel Virulence-Enhancing Markers
4 Nov 2014
Abstract excerpt
PB1-F2 protein, expressed from an alternative reading frame of most influenza A virus (IAV) PB1 segments, may possess specific residues associated with enhanced inflammation (L62, R75, R79, and L82) and cytotoxicity (I68, L69, and V70). These residues were shown to increase the pathogenicity of primary viral and secondary bacterial infections in a mouse model. In contrast to human seasonal influenza strains,...
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