title: Immune-defense molecules of molluscum contagiosum virus, a human poxvirus.
abstract: Molluscum contagiosum virus encodes more than 150 proteins including some involved in host interactions that might contribute to prolonged viral replication in the skin. These include homologs of a selenocysteine-containing glutathione peroxidase, a death effector domain protein, a chemokine, a major histocompatibility complex class I molecule and an interleukin-18-binding protein.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0445, USA. bmoss@nih.gov
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Shisler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Senkevich
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D008977:Molluscum contagiosum virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins