Molecular basis of the receptor binding specificity switch of the hemagglutinins from both the 1918 and 2009 pandemic influenza A viruses by a D225G substitution
Zhang, W., Shi, Y., Qi, J., Gao, F., Li, Q., Fan, Z., Yan, J., Gao, G.F.(2013) J Virol 87: 5949-5958
- PubMed: 23514882 
- DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00545-13
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4JTV, 4JTX, 4JU0, 4JUG, 4JUH, 4JUJ - PubMed Abstract: 
Influenza A virus uses sialic acids as cell entry receptors, and there are two main receptor forms, α2,6 linkage or α2,3 linkage to galactose, that determine virus host ranges (mammalian or avian). The receptor binding hemagglutinins (HAs) of both 1918 a ...