Identification of human-to-human transmissibility factors in PB2 proteins of influenza A by large-scale mutual information analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The identification of mutations that confer unique properties to a pathogen, such as host range, is of fundamental importance in the fight against disease. This paper describes a novel method for identifying amino acid sites that dis...

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Main Authors: August J Thomas, Tan Tin, Heiny AT, Miotto Olivo, Brusic Vladimir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics