Epitopes recognized by human T lymphocytes in the ROP2 protein antigen of Toxoplasma gondii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3858-3862

  Saavedra, Rafael ^a   Becerril, Marco Antonio ^a   Dubeaux, Christine ^b   Lippens, Renée ^b,c   De Vos, Marie Joelle ^b   Hérion, Pascal ^a   Bollen, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ALGORITHM; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029736421     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3858-3862.1996     Document Type: Article

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