Influenza’s Newest Trick

ABSTRACT Influenza A viruses are important pathogens for humans and for many birds and mammals. Hemagglutinin and neuraminidase are the major surface proteins of this enveloped RNA virus. Hemagglutinin requires proteolytic cleavage for activation, but because the viral genome does not encode its own...

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Main Author: Jeffery K. Taubenberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02854-19