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The M2 protein of live, attenuated influenza vaccine encodes a mutation that reduces replication in human nasal epithelial cells.
Vaccine - 4 Dec 2017
Wohlgemuth Nicholas, Ye Yang, Fenstermacher Katherine J, Liu Hsuan, Lane Andrew P, Pekosz Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The influenza A virus components of the live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) encode the HA and NA gene segments from a circulating virus strain and the remaining gene segments from the cold-adapted master donor virus, A/Ann Arbor/6/1960 (H2N2). The master donor virus imparts at least three phenotypes: temperature-sensitivity (ts), attenuation (att), and cold-adaption (ca). The genetic loci responsible for...
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