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Genetic Interference And Receptor Biology Of Neglected Influenza Viruses, Runxia Liu
Genetic Interference And Receptor Biology Of Neglected Influenza Viruses, Runxia Liu
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Influenza B virus (IBV) is an important pathogen that infects humans and causes seasonal influenza epidemics. By using next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach, we analyzed total mRNAs extracted from A549 cells infected with B/Brisbane/60/2008, and identified four defective genomes in IBV with two from the polymerase basic subunit 1 (PB1) segment and the other two from the matrix (M) segment. Each of them can potently inhibit the replication of IBV. One derived from PB1 segment was able to interfere modestly with influenza A virus (IAV) replication. The productions of the four defective RNAs are not dependent on the cell types. The …