Molecular analyses of a five-amino-acid cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitope: an immunodominant region which induces nonreciprocal CTL cross-reactivity
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.63.10.4303-4310.1989