Peptide presentation by bat MHC class I provides new insight into the antiviral immunity of bats.

Bats harbor many zoonotic viruses, including highly pathogenic viruses of humans and other mammals, but they are typically asymptomatic in bats. To further understand the antiviral immunity of bats, we screened and identified a series of bat major histocompatibility complex (MHC) I Ptal-N*01:01-bind...

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Main Authors: Dan Lu, Kefang Liu, Di Zhang, Can Yue, Qiong Lu, Hao Cheng, Liang Wang, Yan Chai, Jianxun Qi, Lin-Fa Wang, George F Gao, William J Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000436