Passage in egg culture is a major cause of apparent positive selection in influenza B hemagglutinin

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Gatherer, Derek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Codeml; Immune evasion; N glycosylation; Non synonymous substitution; Omega

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EGG; GENETIC SELECTION; GLYCOSYLATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SELECTION, GENETIC; SERIAL PASSAGE; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

INFLUENZA B VIRUS;

EID: 74849098457     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21648     Document Type: Article

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