The pH of activation of the hemagglutinin protein regulates H5N1 influenza virus pathogenicity and transmissibility in ducks

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1527-1535

  Reed, Mark L ^a   Bridges, Olga A ^a   Seiler, Patrick ^a   Kim, Jeong Ki ^a,c   Yen, Hui Ling ^a,d   Salomon, Rachelle ^a,e   Govorkova, Elena A ^a   Webster, Robert G ^a   Russell, Charles J ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EMBRYO; GENETIC STABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MEMBRANE FUSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DUCKS; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANAS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 73949160128     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02069-09     Document Type: Article

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