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SUBMITTER: Cherian S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3064850 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cherian Sarah S Shil Pratip P Mishra Akhilesh Chandra AC
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To understand the reported cross-reactivity of the 2009 H1N1 and the 1918 H1N1 pandemic viruses we docked the crystal structure of 2D1, an antibody derived from a survivor of the 1918 pandemic, to the structures of hemaglutinin (HA) of the 2009 strain and seasonal H1 vaccine strains. Our studies revealed that 2D1 binds to the 2009 HA at antigenic site 'Sa', with stabilizing contacts, similar to that in an available co-crystal structure of 2D1-1918 HA. However, 2D1 failed to bind to the known ant ...[more]