Viral protein mimic keeps immune system quiet
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 14:10
in Biology & Nature
In a new paper published Jan. 21 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Microbiology and Immunology professor Blossom Damania, PhD, has shown for the first time that the Kaposi sarcoma virus has a decoy protein that impedes a key molecule involved in the human immune response...