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OJVRTM
Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 25(2): 96-105, 2021.
Bird flu H5N1 virus biochemical and mutational characteristics
for vaccine development.
Kumar D and Mittal Y.
Department of Zoology, Government Postgraduate College, Rishikesh, Uttrakhand. India
ABSTRACT
Kumar D,
Mittal Y., Bird flu H5N1 virus biochemical and mutational characteristics for
vaccine development, Onl J Vet Res., 25(2): 90-98, 2021. Influenza viruses include A, B and C
types based on internal antigen matrix protein binding to ribonucleoprotein of
the genome. Influenza virus A with pandemic potential consists of 16H and 9N
subtypes based on surface antigens hemagglutinin and neuraminidase. The H5N1
genome was found to have 8 segments of ribonucleoprotein of single stranded RNA
each coding for a different protein. A major problem for vaccine development
against influenza surface antigens is due to very rapid mutations. However we
find that PB2 gene of segment 1 may be useful for peptide based vaccine for
bird flu because of a significant mutation at 627 position from Lys (K) of H1N1
to Glu (E) in H5N1 K627E mutation.
KEY-WORDS:
Influenza virus, Mutations, Bird Flu.
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