Article
Functional analysis of two tetanus toxin universal T cell epitopes in their interaction with DR1101 and DR1104 alleles.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 1994
Valmori D, Sabbatini A, Lanzavecchia A, Corradin G, Matricardi P M
Abstract excerpt
In this study we have investigated the interaction between two DR11 alleles (DB*1101 and DB*1104) and two previously described tetanus toxin (tt) universal T cell epitopes P2(tt830-843) and P30(tt947-967) by means of a functional cytotoxic competition assay. Both truncation analysis and single alanine substitution analysis were performed. In addition, the capacity of truncated and single alanine substituted...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Epitopes
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR Serological Subtypes
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Fragments
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
- Structure-Activity Relationship
