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Sialic acid receptor detection in the human respiratory tract: evidence for widespread distribution of potential binding sites for human and avian influenza viruses

John M Nicholls1 email, Anthony J Bourne2 email, Honglin Chen3 email, Yi Guan3 email and JS Malik Peiris3 email

Pathology Department, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Pathology Department, Adelaide Women and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia

Microbiology Department, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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Respiratory Research 2007, 8:73doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-73

Published: 25 October 2007

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Maackia amurensis 1 (MAA1), Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA) and H5N1 binding affinity in glycan array Description: Summary of glycan binding profiles of Maackia amurensis 1 (MAA1), Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA) and H5N1 influenza (A/Vietnam/1203/04) (Viet04) in the glycan array. Significant binding sugars are shown in column 2 with their glycan numbers according to Printed Array 2.1 shown in column 1. Strong affinity is **, weak affinity is * and no significant affinity is blank. Many SAα2,3Gal oligosaccharides (underlined) bind to both MAA1 as well as H5N1 (A/Vietnam/1203/4).

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