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Down-regulation of MHC class I by bovine papillomavirus E5 oncoproteins.
Oncogene - 10 Jan 2002
Ashrafi G Hossein, Tsirimonaki Emmanouella, Marchetti Barbara, O'Brien Philippa M, Sibbet Gary J, Andrew Linda, Campo M Saveria
Abstract excerpt
The papillomavirus E5 protein is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus (GA) of the host cell. Transformed bovine fibroblasts expressing bovine papillomavirus (BPV) E5 are highly vacuolated and have a much enlarged, distorted and fragmented GA. Major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) is processed and transported to the cell surface through the GA. Given the cellular localization...
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