Comprehensive sequence analysis of HA protein of H7 subtype avian influenza viruses: An emphasis on mutations in novel H7N9 viruses

Future Virology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-273

  Pasricha, Gunisha ^a   Mukherjee, Sanjay ^a   Chakrabarti, Alok K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

H7 subtype; HA; hemagglutinin; influenza A viruses; mutations; phylogeny receptor binding site; receptor binding site; transmissibility

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; H7 AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N7; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PDZ DOMAIN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 84899558798     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: 17460808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.13.132     Document Type: Review

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