Three-dimensional structure determines the pattern of CD4+ T-cell epitope dominance in influenza virus hemagglutinin

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1238-1248

  Landry, Samuel J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENETIC DRIFT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 38349165050     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02026-07     Document Type: Article

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