Human T cell recognition of the Mycobacterium leprae LSR antigen: Epitopes and HLA restriction

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-159

  Oftung, Fredrik ^a   Lundin, Knut E A ^b   Meloen, Robert ^c   Mustafa, Abu Salim ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

LSR antigen; Major histocompatibility complex restriction; Mycobacterium leprae; T cell epitope

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032940593     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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