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Antigenic drift in the influenza A virus (H3N2) nucleoprotein and escape from recognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2000
Voeten J T, Bestebroer T M, Nieuwkoop N J, Fouchier R A, Osterhaus A D, Rimmelzwaan G F
Abstract excerpt
Viruses exploit different strategies to escape immune surveillance, including the introduction of mutations in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes. The sequence of these epitopes is critical for their binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules and recognition by specific CTLs, both of which interactions may be lost by mutation. Sequence analysis of the nucleoprotein gene of influenza A...
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