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Cooperation between distinct viral variants promotes growth of H3N2 influenza in cell culture.
eLife - 15 Mar 2016
Xue Katherine S, Hooper Kathryn A, Ollodart Anja R, Dingens Adam S, Bloom Jesse D
Abstract excerpt
RNA viruses rapidly diversify into quasispecies of related genotypes. This genetic diversity has long been known to facilitate adaptation, but recent studies have suggested that cooperation between variants might also increase population fitness. Here, we demonstrate strong cooperation between two H3N2 influenza variants that differ by a single mutation at residue 151 in neuraminidase, which normally mediates...
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