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SUBMITTER: Gao FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3706604 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Feng-Shan FS Feng Lei L Zhang Qiang Q Yan Ruo-qian RQ Li Yun-Gang YG Li Xin-sheng XS
PloS one 20130709 7
It has been predicted that nonameric peptides I (VP1(26-34), RRQHTDVSF), II (VP1(157-165), RTLPTSFNY) and III (VP1(45-53), KEQVNVLDL) from the VP1 capsid protein of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) are T cell epitopes. To investigate whether these peptides have immunological activity, BALB/c mice were immunized with peptide I, II or III conjugated with immunostimulating complexes (ISCOMs). A cytotoxic T lymphocyte assay was used to evaluate the cytotoxic activity induced by peptides along ...[more]