Many peptide fragments of alien antigens are homologous with host proteins, thus canalizing T-cell responses.
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Many peptide fragments of alien antigens are homologous with host proteins, thus canalizing T-cell responses.
All proteins of this world are constructed in compliance with the same rule. Accordingly, two totally unrelated proteins, on the average, share 30 identical tripeptides, two tetrapeptides, and one pentapeptide per 500 residues. With this in mind, the 221-residue-long influenza virus hemagglutinin II (IVHA-II), as a representative of alien antigens, was compared with three diverse proteins repre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.8.3065