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HIV-1 Nef disrupts antigen presentation early in the secretory pathway.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Apr 2005
Kasper Matthew R, Roeth Jeremiah F, Williams Maya, Filzen Tracey M, Fleis Rebekah I, Collins Kathleen L
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 Nef disrupts viral antigen presentation and promotes viral immune evasion from cytotoxic T lymphocytes. There is evidence that Nef acts early in the secretory pathway to redirect major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) from the trans-Golgi network to the endolysosomal pathway. However, a competing model suggests that Nef acts much later by accelerating MHC-I turnover...
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