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Recombinant viruses as tools to study human cytomegalovirus immune modulation.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Jun 2008
Besold Katrin, Plachter Bodo
Abstract excerpt
Infections with cytomegaloviruses are characterized by an intricate balance between the expression of immunomodulatory viral proteins and antiviral immune defence. For human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), several proteins have been described that interfere with the recognition of infected cells by CD8 T lymphocytes. Although the modes of action of these proteins have been elucidated on the molecular level, thus...
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