The dominantly expressed class II molecule from a resistant MHC haplotype presents only a few Marek's disease virus peptides by using an unprecedented binding motif.

Viral diseases pose major threats to humans and other animals, including the billions of chickens that are an important food source as well as a public health concern due to zoonotic pathogens. Unlike humans and other typical mammals, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of chickens can confer...

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Main Authors: Samer Halabi, Michael Ghosh, Stefan Stevanović, Hans-Georg Rammensee, Luca D Bertzbach, Benedikt B Kaufer, Martin C Moncrieffe, Bernd Kaspers, Sonja Härtle, Jim Kaufman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001057&type=printable
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