Molecular mechanism of the airborne transmissibility of H9N2 avian influenza A viruses in chickens

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 9568-9578

  Zhong, Lei ^a   Wang, Xiaoquan ^a   Li, Qunhui ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Chen, Hongzhi ^a   Zhao, Mingjun ^a   Gu, Xiaobing ^a   He, Liang ^a   Liu, Xiaowen ^a   Gu, Min ^a   Peng, Daxin ^a   Liu, Xiufan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; PA PROTEIN, INFLUENZA VIRUSES; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AIR; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H9N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE GENETICS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AIR; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, VIRAL; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY DISEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE GENETICS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84920573880     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00943-14     Document Type: Article

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