| Literature DB >> 8847528 |
H Kita1, K Hiroishi, T Moriyama, H Okamoto, T Kaneko, S Ohnishi, Y Yazaki, M Imawari.
Abstract
Amino acid residues 81-100 of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleoprotein contain a cytotoxic T cell epitope that is recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in association with human leukocyte antigen B44. With panels of truncated and overlapping peptides, the minimal and optimal epitope recognized by CTLs was shown to be a 9-mer peptide (residues 88-96). The peptide can stimulate effectively CTLs that are able to recognize endogenously synthesized and processed HCV nucleoprotein.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8847528 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-76-12-3189
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Virol ISSN: 0022-1317 Impact factor: 3.891