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Original Articles

Adaptive mutation in influenza A virus non-structural gene is linked to host switching and induces a novel protein by alternative splicing

Mohammed Selman1 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada;2 Emerging Pathogens Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Samar K Dankar1 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada;2 Emerging Pathogens Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Nicole E Forbes1 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada;2 Emerging Pathogens Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Jian-Jun Jia1 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Earl G Brown1 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada;2 Emerging Pathogens Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-10 | Received 28 May 2012, Accepted 19 Sep 2012, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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