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Bird Flu
Study results from Xiamen University broaden understanding of bird flu
June 2nd, 2009
"A panel of 52 murine monoclonal antibodies was found to recognize antigenic determinants that had been conserved among till major genetic subgroups of the I ON I avian influenza virus prevalent since 1997. We screened a phage display library for peptides recognized by one such antibody (8H5)," scientists writing in the Biochemical Journal report. "We analysed the specificity of 8H5 for reactive peptides presented as fusion proteins of HBc (hepatitis B core protein) and HEV (hepatitis E virus) structural protein, p239. This was then related to the specificity of the native HA (haemagglutinin) molecule by virtue of the capacity of fusion proteins to compete for...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-02)
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