hemagglutinin

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For influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin, a switch from SA-α-2, 3-Gal to SA-α-2, 6-Gal receptor specificity is a critical step leading to the conversion from avian-to-human to human-to-human infection.

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  • Fusion of influenza virus with the endosomal membrane of the host cell is mediated by the homotrimer-organized glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Fibroblasts stably infected with a retroviral construct expressing hemagglutinin (HA) - tagged MEOX2 were harvested 15 days postinfection and subjected to chromatin immunoprecipitation with HA, PolII, or preimmune IgG antibodies. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The hidden part of the influenza virus is in the neck below the peanut-shaped head of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein. —  CCNews
  • In contrast, ligands derived from hemagglutinin (HA) and matrix protein (M1) were presented intermittently on a strain-by-strain basis. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The team started its research two years ago with the focus on hemagglutinin, or —  Flu Wiki Forum - Front Page
 

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/hɛmæˈglutɪnɪn/
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