The effect of the PB2 mutation 627k on highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus is dependent on the virus lineage

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9983-9996

  Long, Jason S ^a,b   Howard, Wendy A ^b   Núñez, Alejandro ^b   Moncorgé, Olivier ^a   Lycett, Samantha ^c   Banks, Jill ^b   Barclay, Wendy S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN PB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOTYPE; HA GENE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; M GENE; NA GENE; NONHUMAN; PB2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ASIA; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; EUROPE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; LYSINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; REVERSE GENETICS; RNA REPLICASE; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84883303054     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01399-13     Document Type: Article

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