Three functional mutation sites affect the immune response of pigs through altering the expression pattern and IgV domain of the CD4 protein

The CD4 protein is an important surface marker of T lymphocytes, which can mediate the antigen presentation process by interacting with MHC II and TCR molecules in human and mouse.

Source: BMC Cell Biology - December 9, 2020 Category: Cytology Authors: Weiya Zhang, Juan Ni, Jie Zhang, Lu Zhang, Huanhuan Zhou, Changzhi Zhao, Mengjin Zhu, Haiyan Wang, Jianlin Han, Xinyun Li and Shuhong Zhao Tags: Research article Source Type: research