No evidence for competition between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses in HIV-1 infection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1677, 2009, Pages 4389-4397

  Fryer, Helen R ^a,b   Scherer, Almut ^a,b   Oxenius, Annette ^d   Phillips, Rodney ^c   McLean, Angela R ^a,b  

^a James Martin 21st Century School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; NEF PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY; CELL ORGANELLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 72749120811     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1232     Document Type: Article

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