Receptor binding by a ferret-transmissible H5 avian influenza virus
Receptor binding by a ferret-transmissible H5 avian influenza virus
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Building on previous work that identified a mutant avian H5 virus that is transmissible between ferrets, the authors present an algorithm to predict virus avidity from the affinity of single haemagglutinin (HA)–receptor interactions; these studies predict that the mutant has a 200-fold preference for the human over the avian receptor, and crystal s...
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Receptor binding by a ferret-transmissible H5 avian influenza virus
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1353041393
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1353041393
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature12144
