MHC class i antigen presentation: Learning from viral evasion strategies

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Hansen, Ted H ^a   Bouvier, Marlene ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NEF PROTEIN; PROTEIN E3 19K; PROTEIN ICP47; PROTEIN KK3; PROTEIN KK5; PROTEIN MK3; PROTEIN US11; PROTEIN US6; TAPASIN; TRANSPORTER ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIGEN PROCESSING 1; TUMOR SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE 101 PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; COWPOX VIRUS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; UBIQUITINATION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

EID: 67649842408     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2575     Document Type: Review

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