A novel approach to the analysis of specificity, clonality, and frequency of HIV-specific T cell responses reveals a potential mechanism for control of viral escape

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3099-3104

  Douek, Daniel C ^a   Betts, Michael R ^a   Brenchley, Jason M ^a   Hill, Brenna J ^a   Ambrozak, David R ^a   Ngai, Ka Leung ^a   Karandikar, Nitin J ^a   Casazza, Joseph P ^a   Koup, Richard A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037087319     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.6.3099     Document Type: Article

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