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Cytomegalovirus selectively blocks antigen processing and presentation of its immediate-early gene product.
Nature - 24 Oct 1996
Gilbert M J, Riddell S R, Plachter B, Greenberg P D
Abstract excerpt
Recognition of virus-infected cells by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes requires that the viral proteins be processed into peptides, the derived peptides transported into the endoplasmic reticulum and inserted into the binding groove of a major histocompatibility complex class I molecule, and the antigenic complex exported to the cell surface. However, viral pathogens can disrupt this process and interfere with...
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