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Immunogenically optimized peptides derived from natural mutants of HIV CTL epitopes and peptide combinatorial libraries.
Biopolymers - 1 Jan 2008
Blondelle Sylvie E, Moya-Castro Rosa, Osawa Keiko, Schroder Kim, Wilson Darcy B
Abstract excerpt
Two strategies were aimed at identifying immunogenically optimized peptides for the potential use in the formulation of an effective prophylactic or therapeutic HIV-1 vaccine. Three CTL epitopes were investigated: Gag p24(19-27) TV9, Gag p17(77-85) SL9, and RT(309-317) IV9. The first strategy derives from the hypothesis that a number of rare mutant CTL epitopes of HIV-1 may be more immunogenic than the common...
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