Identification of a novel splice variant form of the influenza A virus M2 ion channel with an antigenically distinct ectodomain.

Segment 7 of influenza A virus produces up to four mRNAs. Unspliced transcripts encode M1, spliced mRNA2 encodes the M2 ion channel, while protein products from spliced mRNAs 3 and 4 have not previously been identified. The M2 protein plays important roles in virus entry and assembly, and is a targe...

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Main Authors: Helen M Wise, Edward C Hutchinson, Brett W Jagger, Amanda D Stuart, Zi H Kang, Nicole Robb, Louis M Schwartzman, John C Kash, Ervin Fodor, Andrew E Firth, Julia R Gog, Jeffery K Taubenberger, Paul Digard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23133386/?tool=EBI