The putative natural killer decoy early gene m04 (gp34) of murine cytomegalovirus encodes an antigenic peptide recognized by protective antiviral CD8 T cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1871-1884

  Holtappels, Rafaela ^a   Thomas, Doris ^a   Podlech, Jürgen ^a   Geginat, Gernot ^b   Steffens, Hans Peter ^a   Reddehase, Matthias J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 34; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR CELL; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; H-2 ANTIGENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUROMEGALOVIRUS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033948906     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.4.1871-1884.2000     Document Type: Article

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