Efficient induction of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells against exogenous proteins: Establishment and characterization of a T cell line specific for the membrane protein ActA of Listeria monocytogenes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2630-2639

  Bruder, Dunja ^a   Darji, Ayub ^a   Gakamsky, Dmitry M ^b   Chakraborty, Trinad ^c   Pecht, Israel ^b   Wehland, Jürgen ^a   Weiss, Siegfried ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T cell; Listeria monocytogenes; Membrane protein ActA; Mutant listeriolysin; Soluble antigen

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION;

EID: 0031696920     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199809)28:09<2630::AID-IMMU2630>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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