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Complementation with an avian influenza virus is required for synthesis of M protein of a human strain in chicken erythrocytes

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The M protein of avian, but not human, strains of influenza A viruses is synthesized in infected chicken erythrocytes. In dual infections an avian strain complemented the human virus and both the human and avian M proteins were expressed.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, Great Britain

    R. F. Cook, R. J. Avery & N. J. Dimmock

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Cook, R.F., Avery, R.J. & Dimmock, N.J. Complementation with an avian influenza virus is required for synthesis of M protein of a human strain in chicken erythrocytes. Archives of Virology 65, 319–324 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314547

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