Extensive alanine substitutions increase binding affinity of an influenza nucleoprotein peptide to HLA-Aw68 and do not abrogate peptide- specific CTL recognition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 331-337

  Collins, Edward J ^a   Booth Jr , Bruce L ^b   Cerundolo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HLA A ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOPOLYMERS; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032961106     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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