Article
Hierarchy among multiple H-2b-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes within simian virus 40 T antigen.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 1995
Mylin L M, Bonneau R H, Lippolis J D, Tevethia S S
Abstract excerpt
Simian virus 40 large tumor (T) antigen contains three H-2Db-restricted (I, II/III, and V) and one H-2Kb-restricted (IV) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes. We demonstrate that a hierarchy exists among these CTL epitopes, since vigorous CTL responses against epitopes I, II/III, and IV are detected following immunization of H-2b mice with syngeneic, T-antigen-expressing cells. By contrast, a weak CTL response...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming
- Binding Sites
- Cell Line
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Epitopes
- Genetic Variation
- H-2 Antigens
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
