Rapid preparation of mutated influenza hemagglutinins for influenza virus pandemic prevention

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Table 1 Hemagglutination assay with erythrocytes from different animal species

	Hemagglutination with erythrocytes from
	Rabbit	Chicken	Horse	Swine
Relative abundance^a	α2, 6	α2, 6 << α2, 3	α2, 3	α2, 6 = α2, 3
Binding activity of HAs^α2,6	+	−	−	+
Binding activity of HAs^α2,6*	−	+	+	+

“+” indicates positive binding abilities and “−” indicates no abilities
^aDistribution of sialic acid-side chains on surface glycoproteins of the erythrocytes from animal species (Ito et al. 1997; Medeiros et al. 2001)