Viruses often evolve molecular mimicry with host proteins for immune evasion. Here the authors assess short linear mimicry of 134 viruses to find abundance of such mimicry in herpes and pox viruses, while overlaps between Epstein-Barr virus antigens and auto-antibodies from patients with multiple sclerosis hints at a crosstalk between viral infection and autoimmunity.
- Cole Maguire
- Chumeng Wang
- Esther Melamed
