Three new cytotoxic T cell epitopes identified within the hepatitis C virus nucleoprotein

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1305-1309

  Kaneko, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Ikuo ^b   Kita, Hiroto ^b   Hiroishi, Kazumasa ^a,c   Moriyama, Takashi ^a   Imawari, Michio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029997811     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-6-1305     Document Type: Article

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