Definition of haemagglutinin in English:
haemagglutinin
(US hemagglutinin)
noun ˌhiːməˈɡluːtɪnɪnˌhēməˈɡlo͞otənən
Biology Medicine A substance, such as a viral protein, which causes haemagglutination.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this study we monitored membrane ionic permeability at early stages of fusion mediated by the fusogenic protein influenza hemagglutinin.
- The introduced viral genes encode a surface protein called hemagglutinin, an enzyme known as neuraminidase, and two proteins dubbed M1 and M2.
- Most consist of a viral protein called hemagglutinin, which has the unique ability to latch onto respiratory cells and invade them.
- The two envelope glycoprotein antigens, the hemagglutinin and the neuraminidase determine host specificity and efficiency of infection and transmission on the background of the susceptible cells of the host species.
- Influenza is the prototypic virus containing a class I fusion protein, hemagglutinin, that requires low pH for fusion.