Abstract: Cells expressing wild-type influenza virus
hemagglutinin (
HA) or
HA with a point mutation within the transmembrane domain (
G520L) were bound to red blood cells and exposed to low pH for short times at suboptimal temperatures followed by reneutralization.
Abstract: For both
HA and
G520L, the extents of fusion did not depend on the temperature at which pH was lowered, but fusion from the intermediate was extremely sensitive to the temperature to which the cells were raised.
Abstract: In contrast, generating intermediates in the same way with
G520L yielded kinetics of fusion that did not depend on the time intermediates were maintained after reneutralization.