Identification and characterization of HLA-A*0301 epitopes in HIV-1 gag proteins using a novel approach

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Semeniuk, Christina A ^b   Capina, Rupert E ^b   Mendoza, Mark G R ^b   Kimani, Joshua ^c   Ball, T Blake ^a,b   Luo, Ma ^b   Plummer, Francis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gag; HIV 1; iTopia Epitope Discovery System; T cell epitopes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KENYA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; SOFTWARE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 71749095339     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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