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Inability of bm14 mice to respond to Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus is caused by defective antigen presentation, not repertoire selection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2005
Block Matthew S, Mendez-Fernandez Yanice V, Van Keulen Virginia P, Hansen Michael J, Allen Kathleen S, Taboas Anya L, Rodriguez Moses, Pease Larry R
Abstract excerpt
Natural selection drives diversification of MHC class I proteins, but the mechanism by which selection for polymorphism occurs is not known. New variant class I alleles differ from parental alleles both in the nature of the CD8 T cell repertoire formed and the ability to present pathogen-derived peptides. In the current study, we examined whether T cell repertoire differences, Ag presentation differences, or both...
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