Samar Dankar

Adaptive mutation in influenza A virus non-structural gene is linked to host switching and induces a novel protein by alternative splicing

Mohammed Selman, Samar Dankar, Nicole Forbes et al. · Emerging Microbes & Infections · 2012 · 140 citations · Full text

Reverse Genetics, Genetics, Viral Polymerase Mechanism +17

PB2 and Hemagglutinin Mutations Are Major Determinants of Host Range and Virulence in Mouse-Adapted Influenza A Virus

Jihui Ping, Samar Dankar, Nicole Forbes et al. · Journal of Virology · 2010 · 86 citations · Full text

Host Range, Viral Evolution, Disease Severity +13

Genomic and Protein Structural Maps of Adaptive Evolution of Human Influenza A Virus to Increased Virulence in the Mouse

Jihui Ping, Liya Keleta, Nicole Forbes et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 85 citations · Full text

Influenza A virus NS1 gene mutations F103L and M106I increase replication and virulence

Samar Dankar, Shuai Wang, Jihui Ping et al. · Virology Journal · 2011 · 78 citations · Full text

Influenza A/Hong Kong/156/1997(H5N1) virus NS1 gene mutations F103L and M106I both increase IFN antagonism, virulence and cytoplasmic localization but differ in binding to RIG-I and CPSF30

Samar Dankar, Elena Miranda, Nicole Forbes et al. · Virology Journal · 2013 · 59 citations · Full text