CD8 + T-cell cross-competition is governed by peptide-MHC class I stability

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 256-263

  Galea, Ian ^a   Stasakova, Jana ^a   Dunscombe, Melanie S ^a   Ottensmeier, Christian H ^a   Elliott, Tim ^a   Thirdborough, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD8 + T cells; Competition; Immunodominance; MHC; Peptide

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA IMMUNIZATION; FEMALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINIA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HALF-LIFE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 84855251440     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142010     Document Type: Article

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