Generation of replication-proficient influenza virus NS1 point mutants with interferon-hyperinducer phenotype.

The NS1 protein of influenza A viruses is the dedicated viral interferon (IFN)-antagonist. Viruses lacking NS1 protein expression cannot multiply in normal cells but are viable in cells deficient in their ability to produce or respond to IFN. Here we report an unbiased mutagenesis approach to identi...

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Main Authors: Maite Pérez-Cidoncha, Marian J Killip, Víctor J Asensio, Yolanda Fernández, José A Bengoechea, Richard E Randall, Juan Ortín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041880?pdf=render