Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection.
The HIV-1 accessory proteins Vpr, Vpu, and Vif are essential for viral replication, and their cytoplasmic production suggests that they should be processed for recognition by CTLs. However, the extent to which these proteins are targeted in natural infection, as well as precise CTL epitopes within t...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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