The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response to HTLV-I: The main determinant of disease?

Seminars in Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Bangham, Charles R M ^a   Kermode, Allan G ^b   Hall, Sarah E ^a   Daenke, Susan ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTL; HTLV I; Immune escape; Selection; Virus load

Indexed keywords

TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; LEUKAEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 0030002933     PISSN: 10445773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smvy.1996.0006     Document Type: Review

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