| Literature DB >> 3491221 |
P Poumbourios, E M Anders, A A Scalzo, D O White, A W Hampson, D C Jackson.
Abstract
The mitogenic activity of influenza virus is a function of the hemagglutinin (HA) molecule. Purified HA is mitogenic for murine B lymphocytes but not T lymphocytes. Furthermore, like the intact virus, HA of the H2 (but not H3) subtype is mitogenic only for B cells expressing the class II major histocompatibility complex glycoprotein I-E. Since virus bearing uncleaved HA is as mitogenic as virus bearing cleaved HA, the membrane fusion activity of the HA molecule is not involved.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3491221 PMCID: PMC255243 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.61.1.214-217.1987
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103