CpG-DNA-specific activation of antigen-presenting cells requires stress kinase activity and is preceded by non-specific endocytosis and endosomal maturation.

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Published in EMBO J on November 02, 1998

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H Häcker1, H Mischak, T Miethke, S Liptay, R Schmid, T Sparwasser, K Heeg, G B Lipford, H Wagner

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1: Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technische Universität München, Trogerstrasse 9, D-81675 Munich, Germany.

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