The Nef protein helps HIV evade the adaptive immune system by
a. destroying cytotoxic T cells.
b. destroying class I MHC proteins as soon as they get to the surface of infected cells.
c. destroying class I MHC proteins in the cytoplasm.
d. binding to class I MHC proteins at the cell surface, thereby blocking their availability to
cytotoxic T cells.
e. binding to class I MHC proteins in the cytoplasm, thereby preventing their transport to the
cell surface.
E
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