Genetic Predisposition To Acquire a Polybasic Cleavage Site for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02298-16
Abstract: ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses with H5 and H7 hemagglutinin (HA) subtypes evolve from low-pathogenic precursors through the acquisition of multiple basic amino acid residues at the HA cleavage site. Although this mechanism has… read more here.
Keywords: nucleotide insertions; site; cleavage site; influenza viruses ... See more keywords