Article
Comparison of structure and sequence of influenza B/Yamagata and B/Beijing neuraminidases shows a conserved "head" but much greater variability in the "stalk" and NB protein.
Virology - 1 Feb 1993
Burmeister W P, Baudin F, Cusack S, Ruigrok R W
Abstract excerpt
In 1988 the B/Yamagata/16/88 influenza virus appeared, which was antigenically quite different from the other B viruses circulating at that time. Neuraminidase heads of this strain were purified, crystallized, and analyzed by X-ray crystallography and compared with the structure of B/Beijing/1/87...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chick Embryo
- Genetic Variation
- Influenza B virus
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neuraminidase
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction