Immune-defense molecules of molluscum contagiosum virus, a human poxvirus.
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.
Moss
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Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0445, USA. bmoss@nih.gov
Shisler
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Xiang
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Senkevich
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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*
D014764:Viral Proteins