The Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin: Symposium, Baden near Vienna, March 21–23, 1977 (Topics in Infectious Diseases, 3)

Front Matter....Pages I-XII Antigenic Determinants on the Hemagglutinin Subunits of Influenza a Viruses and Their Role in Immunity....Pages 1-14 The Delineation of Antigenic Determinants of the Hemagglutinin of Influenza a Viruses by Means of Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 15-24 Antigenic, Adaptive and Adsorptive Variants of the Influenza a Hemagglutinin....Pages 25-48 The Hemagglutinin Gene of Influenza Viruses....Pages 49-57 Genetic Relatedness of the RNA Segments Coding for the Hemagglutinin of Different Influenza Strains....Pages 59-68 Activation of Influenza Virus Infectivity by Proteolytic Cleavage of the Hemagglutinin....Pages 69-81 The Structure and Biosynthesis of the Carbohydrate Moiety of the Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin....Pages 83-99 Interaction of Influenza Virions with Receptors on Host Cells and on Erythrocytes....Pages 101-120 Electron Microscopy of Antibodies Bound to Isolated Influenza Hemagglutinin....Pages 121-130 Studies on the Structure of the Hemagglutinin....Pages 131-134 Preliminary Studies of the Membrane-Associated Portion of the Hemagglutinin....Pages 135-138 ’N-Terminal Amino Acid Analysis of Hemagglutinin Molecules from Duck and Equine Influenza Viruses Previously Implicated as Progenitors of the Hong Kong Strain of Human Influenza....Pages 139-144 The Chemistry of Antigenic Variation in Influenza a Virus Hemagglutinin....Pages 145-166 Structural Studies of the Hemagglutinin of the Asian Influenza Virus Japan/305/57 — Bellamy/42 (H2N1).Cyanogen Bromide Cleavage of the Larger Polypeptide Chain HA 1 ....Pages 167-179 The Structure of the Small Polypeptide Chain of the Hemagglutinin of an Asian Influenza Virus Japan 305/57 — Bellamy/42 (H2N1)....Pages 181-192 Studies on the Primary Structure of the Hemagglutinin from an H3N2 Variant a/Memphis/102/72....Pages 193-201 Chromatographic Separation and Structural Analysis of Heq 1 Hemagglutinin....Pages 203-211 The Purification and Structural Characterization of the Fusion Factor of Sendai Virus....Pages 213-223 The Chemistry of Antigenic Determinants on Protein Molecules....Pages 225-241 Back Matter....Pages 243-259