Infrequent occurrence of natural mutations in the pp65495-503 epitope sequence presented by the HLA A*0201 allele among human cytomegalovirus isolates

Journal of Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2472-2474

  Zaia, J A ^a   Gallez Hawkins, G ^a   Li, X ^a   Yao, Z Q ^a   Lomeli, N ^a   Molinder, K ^a   La Rosa, C ^a   Diamond, D J ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA A ANTIGEN; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PP65; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0035125274     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.5.2472-2474.2001     Document Type: Article

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