Fine-specificity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes which recognize conserved epitopes of the Gag protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1659-1665

  Van Baalen, Carel A ^a   Klein, Michèl R ^b   Huisman, Robin C ^a   Dings, Marlinda E M ^a   Kerkhof Garde, Susana R ^b   Geretti, Anna Maria ^a   Gruters, Rob ^a,d   Van Els, Cécile A C M ^c   Miedema, Frank ^b   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9444240940     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-8-1659     Document Type: Article

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