Cutting edge: Identification of novel T cell epitopes in Lol p5a by computational prediction

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1725-1729

  De Lalla, Claudia ^a   Sturniolo, Tiziana ^b   Abbruzzese, Laura ^a   Hammer, Juergen ^c   Sidoli, Alessandro ^a   Sinigaglia, Francesco ^b   Panina Bordignon, Paola ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ROCHE MILANO RICERCHE   (Italy)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONE CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOKINES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LOLIUM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033566811     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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