Abstract: Additionally, a reassortant of strain A/WSN/33 (WSN), containing the Ud
HA gene with mutations
C555S,
C562S, and
C565S, produced virus that could form plaques on regular MDCK cells and had only moderately decreased replication, suggesting differences in the interactions between Ud and WSN
HA and internal viral proteins.
Abstract: Mutant viruses containing
HA-
C562S and
HA-
C565S mutations had reduced growth and failed to form plaques in MDCK cells but formed wild-type-like plaques in an MDCK cell line expressing wild-type
HA.