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- Title
Viral imitations of host defense proteins.
- Authors
Murphy, Philip M.
- Abstract
Analyzes similarities between viral and host defense proteins in a case of Takayasu's arteritis with a complication of varicella-zoster virus infection. Case description of disease evolution; Case discussion; Barriers to viral replication; Viral weapons against immunologic defenses of the host; Inspired choices by viral pirates; Molecular mimicry by convergent evolution; Generation of host defense protein diversity.
- Subjects
GENETICS of virus diseases; HOST-virus relationships; ARTERITIS; VARICELLA-zoster virus
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1994, Vol 271, Issue 24, p1948
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.1994.03510480072037