I shall draw a diagram which will help you understand the mechanism with the help of which cytotoxic t lymphocytes kill virus-infected cells
Activated Cytotoxic t cell receptor
binds to MHC I peptide complex
Initiates Apoptosis
Creates nuclear blebbing
Virus-infected Cell morphology alteration
Virus-infected cell DNA fragmentation
Shedding of membrane-bound vesicles
Shrinking of cell
Virus-infected cell self-destruction process completed.
Thus the process of apoptosis is completed.
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