N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid as a Receptor for Influenza A Viruses

N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid as a Receptor for Influenza A Viruses

Summary: A species barrier for the influenza A virus is the differential expression of sialic acid, which can either be α2,3-linked for avians or α2,6-linked for human viruses. The influenza A virus hosts also express other species-specific sialic acid derivatives. One major modification at C-5 is N...

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Main Authors: Frederik Broszeit, Netanel Tzarum, Xueyong Zhu, Nikoloz Nemanichvili, Dirk Eggink, Tim Leenders, Zeshi Li, Lin Liu, Margreet A. Wolfert, Andreas Papanikolaou, Carles Martínez-Romero, Ivan A. Gagarinov, Wenli Yu, Adolfo García-Sastre, Tom Wennekes, Masatoshi Okamatsu, Monique H. Verheije, Ian A. Wilson, Geert-Jan Boons, Robert P. de Vries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719306771

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