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CD4 MISSILE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
OBS

HIV targets and destroys the command centre of the immune system, as effectively as a cruise missile attack. It targets particular blood cells - the CD4 T lymphocytes, so named because of the presence of a protein called CD4 on their surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
DEF

Marqueur de membrane ou de surface de différenciation, chimère hybride de CD4 et de toxine qui concerne les lymphocytes auxiliaires.

OBS

Les CD4 sont des récepteurs présents à la surface des lymphocytes T4 auxquels le virus de l’immunodéficience humaine s’attache.

Spanish

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