CD8+-T-cell responses of Mycobacterium-infected mice to a newly identified major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted epitope shared by proteins of the ESAT-6 family.
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SUBMITTER: Majlessi L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC308897 | biostudies-other | 2003 Dec
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