Article
The flavivirus nonstructural protein NS3 is a dominant source of cytotoxic T cell peptide determinants.
Virology - 1 Jul 1994
Lobigs M, Arthur C E, Müllbacher A, Blanden R V
Abstract excerpt
Vaccinia virus recombinants encoding regions of the Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVE) genome, which together cover the entire viral coding region, were employed to identify the MVE protein which is the dominant source of CD8+, cytotoxic, T cell antigenic determinant(s) presented by the mouse H-2Kk major histocompatibility antigen. MVE and West Nile virus-immune, H-2k-restricted, effector cells recognized...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Cross Reactions
- DNA, Viral
- Encephalitis Virus, Murray Valley
- Epitopes
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Mice
