Reassortment and mutation of the avian influenza virus polymerase PA subunit overcome species barriers

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1750-1757

  Mehle, Andrew ^a,d   Dugan, Vivien G ^a,b,e   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^b   Doudna, Jennifer A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUTATION; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857098515     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.06203-11     Document Type: Article

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