Cutting edge: Introduction of an endopeptidase cleavage motif into a determinant flanking region of hen egg lysozyme results in enhanced T cell determinant display

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-23

  Schneider, Susanne C ^a   Ohmen, Jeff ^b   Fosdick, Lisa ^b   Gladstone, Brian ^b   Guo, Jane ^b   Ametani, Akio ^a   Sercarz, Eli E ^a   Deng, Hongkui ^b,c  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c T Breeders Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; LYSOZYME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034235311     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.20     Document Type: Article

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