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Donald F. Hunt (Departments of Chemistry and Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville): "A complex mixture containing more than 10,000 peptide fragments derived from cellular proteins is displayed on the cell surface in association with molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), class I glycoproteins. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) bind to class I molecules, sample the peptides being presented, and lyse those cells that display unusual fragments derived from viruses or tumors.

"In a second stage of the...

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