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Influenza Viruses with Receptor-Binding N1 Neuraminidases Occur Sporadically in Several Lineages and Show No Attenuation in Cell Culture or Mice
22 Jan 2015
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UNLABELLED: In nearly all characterized influenza viruses, hemagglutinin (HA) is the receptor-binding protein while neuraminidase (NA) is a receptor-cleaving protein that aids in viral release. However, in recent years, several groups have described point mutations that confer receptor-binding activity on NA, albeit in laboratory rather than natural settings. One of these mutations, D151G, appears to arise in the...
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