Immunodominance of Antigenic Site B over Site A of Hemagglutinin of Recent H3N2 Influenza Viruses

Lyubov Popova; Kenneth Smith; Ann H. West; Patrick C. Wilson; Judith A. James; Linda F. Thompson; Gillian M. Air

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041895

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Immunodominance of Antigenic Site B over Site A of Hemagglutinin of Recent H3N2 Influenza Viruses

Lyubov Popova,

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Kenneth Smith,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Ann H. West,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Patrick C. Wilson,

Affiliations Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Judith A. James,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Linda F. Thompson,

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Gillian M. Air

* E-mail: gillian-air@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Immunodominance of Antigenic Site B over Site A of Hemagglutinin of Recent H3N2 Influenza Viruses

Lyubov Popova,
Kenneth Smith,
Ann H. West,
Patrick C. Wilson,
Judith A. James,
Linda F. Thompson,
Gillian M. Air

Published: July 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041895

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Escape mutants

Posted by SeanLi on 16 Jan 2013 at 17:04 GMT

Did you obain the escape mutants in MDCK cultures or passaging in eggos? It is unclear to the readers in the M&M section. Thanks,

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Immunodominance of Antigenic Site B over Site A of Hemagglutinin of Recent H3N2 Influenza Viruses

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