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Malaria-driven adaptation of MHC class I in wild bonobo populations
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum causes substantial human mortality, primarily in equatorial Africa. Enriched in affected African populations, the B*53 variant of HLA-B, a cell surface protein that presents peptide antigens to cytotoxic lymphocytes, confers protection against severe malari...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9950436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36823144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36623-9 |