Abstract:
:Over the past year, we have witnessed the discovery of further virus immuno-evasins--proteins that alter the host immune response. Although many of these factors have been described over the past decade, the structural basis underlying their biology has lagged behind. Structural data have now been obtained for several such proteins. Major advances of the past year include the structures of a viral chemokine-binding protein, of an intact viral regulator of complement activation and of an immuno-evasin with its cellular target.
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Curr Opin Immunoljournal_title
Current opinion in immunologyauthors
Gewurz BE,Gaudet R,Tortorella D,Wang EW,Ploegh HLdoi
10.1016/s0952-7915(00)00239-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-08-01 00:00:00pages
442-50issue
4eissn
0952-7915issn
1879-0372pii
S0952-7915(00)00239-9journal_volume
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