Human Cd4+ T Lymphocytes Consistently Respond to the Latent Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen Ebna1
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded nuclear antigen EBNA1 is critical for the persistence of the viral episome in replicating EBV-transformed human B cells. Therefore, all EBV-induced tumors express this foreign antigen. However, EBNA1 is invisible to CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes because its Gly/Al...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2000
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2193162/ |