HIV-1 envelope resistance to proteasomal cleavage: implications for vaccine induced immune responses.

Antigen processing involves many proteolytic enzymes such as proteasomes and cathepsins. The processed antigen is then presented on the cell surface bound to either MHC class I or class II molecules and induces/interacts with antigen-specific CD8+ and CD4+ T-cells, respectively. Preliminary immunolo...

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Main Authors: Nicholas J Steers, Silvia Ratto-Kim, Mark S de Souza, Jeffrey R Currier, Jerome H Kim, Nelson L Michael, Carl R Alving, Mangala Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3412807?pdf=render