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. 1999 Sep;73(9):7343–7348. doi: 10.1128/jvi.73.9.7343-7348.1999

TABLE 3.

Insertions and deletions in the HAs and NAs of influenza B viruses are related to strain differentiation

Virus HA sequence (aa 159–168)a NA sequence (aa 39–47)a Change inb:
HA NA
Early B
 Lee40 VIPK-DNNKTA KFSSTKTTA 0 0
 Mar59 AVPK-NKNKTA KFSPTKRTA 0 0
 HK73 AVPK---NKTA KFSSTKRTA −2 0
Vic87-like
 Vic85 AVPKNNNNKTA KFSP-KITA +1 −1
 Mem86 AVPKNNNNKTA KFSP-KITA +1 −1
 Bei87 AVPKNDNNKTA KFSS-KITA +1 −1
 Mem89 AVPKNDNNKTA RFSS-KITA +1 −1
 Nas89 AVPKNDNNKTA KFSS-KITA +1 −1
 Nan95 AVPKNDNNKTA KFSPTEITA +1 0
 Nan96 AVPKNDNNKTA KFSPTKTIA +1 0
 Nin97 AVPKNDNNKTA KFSPTEITA +1 0
Yam88-like
 Sin79 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSPTKRTA −1 0
 Ore80 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSTTKITA −1 0
 USR83 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSPTKRTA −1 0
 Yam88 AVPR-D-NKTA KFSPTEITA −1 0
 Pan90 AVPR-D-NKTA KFSPTEITA −1 0
 Sic92 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Nan93 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Nan94 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Hou96 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Mem1996 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Nas96 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Mem1097 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
 Mem1297 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSPTEITA 0 0
Reassortants
 Hou91 AVPR-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Nas91 AVPR-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Hou92 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Hou93 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Mem393 AVPR-DNNKTA KFSP-KIIA 0 −1
 Mem493 AVPR-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Mem593 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Nas93 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Mem95 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
 Mem2096 AVPK-D-NKTA KFSP-KIIA −1 −1
a

Numbering is for Lee40. aa, amino acid(s). Dashes were inserted for the purpose of alignment. 

b

Change in the number of deduced amino acids for the gene due to insertion or deletion relative to Lee40.