Influenza virus nucleoprotein

Influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP)

Identifiers

Symbol

Flu_NP

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe
PDBsum	structure summary

Influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP) is a structural protein which encapsidates the negative strand viral RNA. NP is one of the main determinants of species specificity. The question of how far the NP gene can cross the species barrier by reassortment and become adapted by mutation to the new host has been discussed.^[1]

References

^ Burger H, Steuler H, Schroder B, Scholtissek C (1985). "Sequence of the nucleoprotein gene of influenza A/parrot/Ulster/73". Virus Res. 3 (1): 35–40. PMID 4024728.

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