Prediction of Epitopes of Viral Antigens Recognized by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes as an Immunoinformatics Approach to Anti-HIV/AIDS Vaccine Design
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Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; B-cell: B lymphocyte; CTL: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte; ELISA: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay; Env: Envelope; ER: Endoplasmic Reticulum; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; MHC: Major Histocompatibility Complex; NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; TAP: Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing; T-cell: T lymphocyte
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