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Enabling the 'host jump': structural determinants of receptor-binding specificity in influenza A viruses.
Nature reviews. Microbiology - 1 Dec 2014
Shi Yi, Wu Ying, Zhang Wei, Qi Jianxun, Gao George F
Abstract excerpt
The recent emergence of the H7N9 avian influenza A virus and its ability to infect humans emphasize the epidemic and pandemic potential of these viruses. Interspecies transmission is the result of many factors, which ultimately lead to a change in the host tropism of the virus. One of the key factors involved is a shift in the receptor-binding specificity of the virus, which is mostly determined by mutations in...
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