whilst the viral matrix protein (M1) lies underneath the envelope and structurally supports the particle. Contained within this matrix shell is the viral RNA genome, which (for influenza A viruses ...

The ribonucleoprotein complex comprises a viral RNA segment associated with the nucleoprotein (NP) and three polymerase proteins (PA, PB1, and PB2). The matrix (M1) protein is associated with both ...

The most well-studied influenza proteins are Haemagglutinin (HA) and Neuraminidase (NA), which stud the envelope’s outer surface and mediate invasion and release from host cells, respectively. Matrix ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...