Single cycle-infection experiments with GFP and luciferase reporter viruses demonstrated that Rab11a KO cells were susceptible and permissive to IAV infection at levels like control A549 cells (S4 Fig); in addition, we can exclude a role for Rab11a in the expression of viral surface proteins including HA, NA, and M2, as they were unaffected in Rab11a KO cells. Here, RAB11A is linked to infection.