Glycoprotein N of human cytomegalovirus protects the virus from neutralizing antibodies.

Herpes viruses persist in the infected host and are transmitted between hosts in the presence of a fully functional humoral immune response, suggesting that they can evade neutralization by antiviral antibodies. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes a number of polymorphic highly glycosylated virion...

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Main Authors: Barbara Kropff, Christiane Burkhardt, Juliane Schott, Jens Nentwich, Tanja Fisch, William Britt, Michael Mach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3486915?pdf=render