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The flexibility of the TCR allows recognition of a large set of naturally occurring epitope variants by HIV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
International immunology - 1 Jul 2001
Buseyne F, Rivière Y
Abstract excerpt
Pathogens attempt to evade immune recognition by expressing mutated antigens. The present study shows that two mechanisms happen in vivo during the course of HIV infection to limit the escape of antigenic variants from cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) recognition: recognition of several epitope variants by the same TCR and generation of several CTL populations specific for a single epitope but recognizing different...
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