Triple reassortment increases compatibility among viral ribonucleoprotein genes of contemporary avian and human influenza A viruses

• Kaitlyn Waters,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Missouri University Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Cheng Gao,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Missouri University Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Matthew Ykema,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-0663

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• Lei Han,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Lynden Voth,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0451-6066

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• Yizhi Jane Tao,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0149-2241

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• Xiu-Feng Wan

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wanx@missouri.edu

  Affiliations Missouri University Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2629-9234

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