Viral and host factors required for avian H5N1 influenza A virus replication in mammalian cells

Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1431-1446

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Hale, Benjamin G ^b   Xu, Ke ^a   Sun, Bing ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b MRC UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CENTRE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; Avian H5N1 influenza A viruses; Molecular mechanisms; Replication in mammalian cells; Species barrier

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MAMMALS; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZOONOSES;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84878972538     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v5061431     Document Type: Review

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