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In order to evaluate the efficiency of the removal of sialic acid residues from the influenza virus hemagglutinin by the viral neuraminidase in the course of the virus replication cycle, CV-1 cells expressing the hemagglutinin of H7 subtype from an SV40-based vector were superinfected with influenza virus strain A/Duck/Ukraine/63 (H3N8) or A/USSR/90/77 (H1N1). Vector-expressed hemagglutinin was immunoprecipitated from cell lysates and analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The data indicate that the removal of sialic acid residues from the vector-expressed H7 hemagglutinin by N1 neuraminidase of A/USSR/90/77 virus in the course of the virus replication cycle is incomplete. The results are discussed in connection with previously published data showing that the low activity of NA in wild-type influenza virus results in incomplete removal of sialic acid residues from virion components.
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Received July 8, 1998 Accepted November 26, 1998
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Kaverin, N., Klenk, HD. Strain-specific differences in the effect of influenza A virus neuraminidase on vector-expressed hemagglutinin. Arch. Virol. 144, 781–786 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050543
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007050050543