Overcoming the crypticity of a viral T cell determinant by insertion into a chimeric bacterial protein

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1245-1255

  Lo Man, Richard ^a,b   Martineau, Pierre ^a   Manoury Schwartz, Bénédicte ^a   Hofnung, Maurice ^a   Leclerc, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Université Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cell; Chimeric protein; Immunodominance; MalE

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029739249     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.8.1245     Document Type: Article

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