Terminal modifications inhibit proteolytic degradation of an immunogenic MART-127-35 peptide: Implications for peptide vaccines

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 326-334

  Brinckerhoff, Laurence H ^a   Kalashnikov, Vladimir V ^b   Thompson, Lee W ^a   Yamshchikov, Galina V ^a   Pierce, Richard A ^b,c   Galavotti, Holly S ^a   Engelhard, Victor H ^b,c   Slingluff Jr , Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; MELANOMA; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CANCER VACCINES; CELL LINE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0032833799     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991029)83:3<326::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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