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Acylation of the influenza hemagglutinin modulates fusion activity.
Virology - 1 Sept 1998
Fischer C, Schroth-Diez B, Herrmann A, Garten W, Klenk H D
Abstract excerpt
The influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) contains three highly conserved cysteine residues at positions 551, 559, and 562 close to the carboxyl-terminus of the HA2 subunit which serve as palmitylation sites. Wild-type HA of influenza virus A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1) and HA permutated by exchange of the acylated cysteine to serine residues were expressed in CV-1 cells by a SV40 vector system. Since density of...
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