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2.Wang C, Qu R, Zong Y, Qin C, Liu L, Gao X, Sun H, Sun Y, Chang KC, Zhang R, Liu J, Pu J*. Enhanced stability of M1 protein mediated by a phospho-resistant mutation promotes the replication of prevailing avian influenza virus in mammals. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Jul 6; 18(7): e1010645.

3.Pu J#, Yin Y#, Liu J, Wang X, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Sun Y, Sun H, Li F, Song J, Qu R, Gao W, Wang D, Wang Z, Yan S, Chen M, Zeng J, Jiang Z, Sun H, Zong Y, Wang C, Tong Q, Bi Y, Huang Y, Du X, Chang KC, Liu J*. Reassortment with dominant chicken H9N2 influenza virus contributed to the fifth H7N9 virus human epidemic. J Virol. 2021 Mar 17:JVI.01578-20. 

4.Song J, Wang C, Gao W, Sun H, Jiang Z, Wang K, Ren X, Wang Z, Tong Q, Wang M, Sun H, Sun Y, Liu J, Pu J*. A D200N hemagglutinin substitution contributes to antigenic changes and increased replication of avian H9N2 influenza virus. Vet Microbiol. 2020 Jun;245:108669. 

5.Gao W, Zu Z, Liu J, Song J, Wang X, Wang C, Liu L, Tong Q, Wang M, Sun H, Sun Y, Liu J, Chang KC, Pu J*. Prevailing I292V PB2 mutation in avian influenza H9N2 virus increases viral polymerase function and attenuates IFN-β induction in human cells. J Gen Virol. 2019 Sep;100(9):1273-1281. 

6.Wang C, Wang Z, Ren X, Wang L, Li C, Sun Y, Wang M, Tong Q, Sun H, Pu J*. Infection of chicken H9N2 influenza viruses in different species of domestic ducks. Vet Microbiol. 2019 Jun;233:1-4. 

7.Li C, Wang S, Bing G, Carter RA, Wang Z, Wang J, Wang C, Wang L, Wu G, Webster RG, Wang Y, Sun H, Sun Y, Liu J, Pu J*. Genetic evolution of influenza H9N2 viruses isolated from various hosts in China from 1994 to 2013. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2017 Nov 29;6(11):e106. 

8.Pu J#, Sun H#, Qu Y, Wang C, Gao W, Zhu J, Sun Y, Bi Y, Huang Y, Chang KC, Cui J, Liu J*. M Gene Reassortment in H9N2 Influenza Virus Promotes Early Infection and Replication: Contribution to Rising Virus Prevalence in Chickens in China. J Virol. 2017 Mar 29;91(8):e02055-16. 

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