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SUBMITTER: Ivanova PT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4593503 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS infectious diseases 20150624 9
While differences in the rate of virus fusion and budding from the host cell membrane have been correlated with pathogenicity, no systematic study of the contribution of differences in viral envelope composition has previously been attempted. Using rigorous virus purification, marked differences between virions and host were observed. Over 125 phospholipid species have been quantitated for three strains of influenza (HKx31- H3N2, PR8- H1N1, and VN1203- H5N1) grown in eggs. The glycerophospholipi ...[more]