Antigenic mapping of an H9N2 avian influenza virus reveals two discrete antigenic sites and a novel mechanism of immune escape

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Peacock, Thomas ^a,b   Reddy, Kolli ^a   James, Joe ^a,b   Adamiak, Beata ^a   Barclay, Wendy ^b   Shelton, Holly ^a   Iqbal, Munir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; WDFY2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H9N2); MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE SERA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION, ALPHA-HELICAL;

EID: 84954126996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18745     Document Type: Article

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