Extensive polymorphism and evidence of immune selection in a highly dominant antigen recognized by bovine CD8 T cells specific for Theileria annulata

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2059-2069

  MacHugh, Niall D ^a   Weir, William ^b   Burrells, Alison ^a   Lizundia, Regina ^d,e   Graham, Simon P ^c,f   Taracha, Evans L ^c,g   Shiels, Brian R ^b   Langsley, Gordon ^d   Morrison, W Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; PROTOZOAN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOSELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 79955586245     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01285-10     Document Type: Article

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