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TAP expression provides a general method for improving the recognition of malignant cells in vivo.
Nature biotechnology - 1 May 2000
Alimonti J, Zhang Q J, Gabathuler R, Reid G, Chen S S, Jefferies W A
Abstract excerpt
A major class of tumors lack expression of the transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP). These proteins are essential for delivery of antigenic peptides into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and subsequent assembly with nascent major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, which results in cell surface presentation of the trimeric complex to cytolytic T lymphocytes. Cytolytic T...
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