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Getting to know you: Viruses meet CD40 ligand

The coevolution of viruses and their hosts has given rise in both to elaborate molecular attack and defence mechanisms (pages 437–441).

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Mcfadden, G. Getting to know you: Viruses meet CD40 ligand. Nat Med 1, 408–409 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0595-408

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