Characterization of the Protective HIV-1 CTL Epitopes and the Corresponding HLA Class I Alleles: A Step towards Designing CTL Based HIV-1 Vaccine
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) possesses a major threat to the human life largely due to the unavailability of an efficacious vaccine and poor access to the antiretroviral drugs against this deadly virus. High mutation rate in the viral genome underlying the antigenic variability of the viral pr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Virology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/321974 |