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The immunogenicity of a viral cytotoxic T cell epitope is controlled by its MHC-bound conformation.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 7 Nov 2005
Tynan Fleur E, Elhassen Diah, Purcell Anthony W, Burrows Jacqueline M, Borg Natalie A, Miles John J, Williamson Nicholas A, Green Kate J, Tellam Judy, Kjer-Nielsen Lars, McCluskey James, Rossjohn Jamie, Burrows Scott R
Abstract excerpt
Thousands of potentially antigenic peptides are encoded by an infecting pathogen; however, only a small proportion induce measurable CD8(+) T cell responses. To investigate the factors that control peptide immunogenicity, we have examined the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to a previously undefined epitope ((77)APQPAPENAY(86)) from the BZLF1 protein of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This peptide binds well to...
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