Evaluation of phenotypic markers in full genome sequences of avian influenza isolates from California

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-536

  Mertens, Eva ^a   Dugan, Vivien G ^b,c   Stockwell, Timothy B ^b   Lindsay, LeAnn L ^a   Plancarte, Magdalena ^a   Boyce, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Database; Host adaptation; Influenza research; Phenotype markers; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; GUANIDINE; INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; THYMIDINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HA GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; M1 GENE; M2 GENE; MAMMAL; NA GENE; NONHUMAN; NP GENE; NS1 GENE; NS2 GENE; PA GENE; PB1 GENE; PB2 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; DATABASE; HOST ADAPTATION; INFLUENZA RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE MARKERS; SURVEILLANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84881541578     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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