Exploring immunological specificity using synthetic peptide combinatorial libraries

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-202

  Pinilla, Clemencia ^a   Martin, Roland ^b   Gran, Bruno ^b   Appel, Jon R ^a   Boggiano, Cesar ^a   Wilson, Darcy B ^a   Houghten, Richard A ^a  

^a TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032891125     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)80033-8     Document Type: Article

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