Viral determinants of influenza A virus host range

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART 6, 2014, Pages 1193-1210

  Cauldwell, Anna V ^a   Long, Jason S ^a   Moncorgé, Olivier ^a   Barclay, Wendy S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR EXPORT PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PB1 PROTEIN; PB2 PROTEIN; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; HOST RANGE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, VIRAL; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; NEURAMINIDASE; NUCLEOPROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84900854018     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.062836-0     Document Type: Review

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