A Closer Look at the NS1 of Influenza Virus.
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SUBMITTER: Dundon WG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3185538 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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The Non-Structural 1 (NS1) protein is a multifactorial protein of type A influenza viruses that plays an important role in the virulence of the virus. A large amount of what we know about this protein has been obtained from studies using human influenza isolates and, consequently, the human NS1 protein. The current global interest in avian influenza, however, has highlighted a number of sequence and functional differences between the human and avian NS1. This review discusses these differences i ...[more]
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