Sentences with phrase «influenza nucleoprotein»
Immunohistochemical staining of the tissues was carried out for the influenza nucleoprotein detection in sparrows» tissues.
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Their search turned up a suspect: a piece of a receptor for hypocretin resembles part of the H1N1 influenza nucleoprotein — which binds to the virus genome and plays a key role in its replication.
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The study also suggests ways to make influenza vaccines even safer, for instance by keeping the nucleoprotein levels low or removing the specific region of the protein that mimics the receptor.
The mouse is described in a study, «In vivo evasion of MxA by avian influenza viruses requires human signature in the viral nucleoprotein,» that will be published April 10 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
MxA is thought to target influenza A by binding to the nucleoprotein that encapsulates the virus» genome, and mutations in this nucleoprotein have been linked to the virus» ability to infect human cells.
MxA is therefore a barrier against cross-species influenza A infection, but one that the virus can evade through a few mutations in its nucleoprotein.
Her first major discovery, in 2006, identified a loop in the nucleoprotein of the H1N1 human influenza virus.