Selection, transmission, and reversion of an antigen-processing cytotoxic T-lymphocyte escape mutation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 7069-7078

  Allen, Todd M ^a   Altfeld, Marcus ^a   Yu, Xu G ^a   O'Sullivan, Kristin M ^a   Lichterfeld, Mathias ^a   Le Gall, Sylvie ^a   John, Mina ^c   Mothe, Bianca R ^d   Lee, Paul K ^a   Kalife, Elizabeth T ^a   Cohen, Daniel E ^b   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^a   Strick, Daryld A ^a   Johnston, Mary N ^a   Sette, Alessandro ^e   Rosenberg, Eric S ^a   Mallal, Simon A ^c   Goulder, Philip J R ^a,f   Brander, Christian ^a   Walker, Bruce D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Epimmune   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA A3 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA FLANKING REGION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA-A3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SELECTION (GENETICS); T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 2942672080     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.13.7069-7078.2004     Document Type: Article

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