Hemagglutinin protein of Asian strains of human influenza virus A H1N1 binds to sialic acid--a major component of human airway receptors
Hemagglutinin (HA) protein plays an important role in binding the influenza virus to infected cells and therefore mediates infection. Deposited HA sequences of 86 Asian strains of influenza A (H1N1) viruses during the first outbreak were obtained from the NCBI database and compared. Interaction of t...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Published: |
2012
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/3400/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22535399 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Institution: | Universiti Malaya |