Ferrets exclusively synthesize Neu5Ac and express naturally humanized influenza A virus receptors

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ng, Preston S K ^a   Böhm, Raphael ^a   Hartley Tassell, Lauren E ^a   Steen, Jason A ^b   Wang, Hui ^c   Lukowski, Samuel W ^b,d   Hawthorne, Paula L ^b   Trezise, Ann E O ^b   Coloe, Peter J ^e   Grimmond, Sean M ^b,f   Haselhorst, Thomas ^a   Von Itzstein, Mark ^a   Paton, Adrienne W ^c   Paton, James C ^c   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; CMPACETYLNEURAMINATE MONOOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; N-GLYCOLYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; INFLUENZA; VIRUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARNIVORA; FERRET; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PINNIPEDIA; VIRAL TROPISM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; EXONS; FERRETS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACIDS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PINNIPEDIA; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL TROPISM;

EID: 84922728689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6750     Document Type: Article

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