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As noted by Doherty and Zinkernagel [ 4 ] , simple dominance for resistance to each of several diseases can create allele-specific overdominance for total fitness, if different alleles confer resistance to different diseases [ 10 31 ] . For these reasons, our results, while relevant to the longstanding debate over the relative importance of various kinds of balancing selection in maintaining MHC diversity [ 32 ] , raise doubts about only one of several lines of evidence for the overdominance hypothesis.
As mice of the C3H/HeJ strain are highly susceptible to infection by Gram-negative bacteria, it would seem plausible that among human patients with Gram-negative sepsis, some individuals may have been at risk by virtue of mutations in TLR4 . The first step in determining whether different isoforms of Tlr4 confer added risk of, or protection against, sepsis is the assessment of genetic variability at this locus in the normal population.
A sequence comparison of the enzymes in the T cell epitope regions revealed that a single amino acid change could confer a T cell epitope onto the less-immunogenic protease.
As the HIV-1 epidemic continues to grow, mutations in the virus that confer drug resistance are becoming increasingly important in the clinical management of patients worldwide.
By day 71, the matrigel would no longer confer an optimal growth environment for BG-1 cells.