Protective cellular immunity: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses against dominant and recessive epitopes of influenza virus nucleoprotein induced by DNA immunization

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2715-2721

  Fu, Tong Ming ^a   Friedman, Arthur ^a   Ulmer, Jeffrey B ^a   Liu, Margaret A ^a   Donnelly, John J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INOCULATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030999062     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.2715-2721.1997     Document Type: Article

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