Role of hemagglutinin cleavage for the pathogenicity of influenza virus

Virology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Steinhauer, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEINASE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETHALITY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033602713     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9716     Document Type: Article

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