Multiple T-cell epitopes overlap positively-selected residues in the pi spacer protein of HIV-1 gag

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 771-777

  Semeniuk, Christina A ^b   McKinnon, Lyle ^a   Peters, Harold O ^b   Gubbins, Michael ^b   Mao, Xiaojuan ^a   Ball, Terry B ^a   Luo, Ma ^a,c   Plummer, Francis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epitope; Gag; HIV 1; Human leukocyte antigens; P1

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; HLA ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINE PRODUCTION; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLELES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 67649646717     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832995e0     Document Type: Article

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