title: Sequence of the hemagglutinin gene of influenza virus A/Memphis/1/71 and previously uncharacterized monoclonal antibody-derived variants.
abstract: A cDNA copy of the hemagglutinin (HA) gene of Mem/1/71HA Bel/42NA was cloned into the plasmid pBR322. The cloned gene contained the coding information for all of the HA except for the hydrophobic membrane insertion sequence of the C-terminus of HA2. The cloned HA DNA was used to make HA-specific primers from restriction fragments for internal priming on the viral RNA. These primers were used to sequence the complete HA gene of Mem/1/71, and to determine nucleotide sequence changes in four previously uncharacterized monoclonal antibody generated variants of Mem/1/71 (Webster, Laver, Air, Ward, Van Wyke, and Gerhard, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 354, 142-161, 1980).
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D000939:Epitopes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D004247:DNA