Antibody evasion by a gammaherpesvirus O-glycan shield.

All gammaherpesviruses encode a major glycoprotein homologous to the Epstein-Barr virus gp350. These glycoproteins are often involved in cell binding, and some provide neutralization targets. However, the capacity of gammaherpesviruses for long-term transmission from immune hosts implies that in viv...

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Main Authors: Bénédicte Machiels, Céline Lété, Antoine Guillaume, Jan Mast, Philip G Stevenson, Alain Vanderplasschen, Laurent Gillet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22114560/?tool=EBI