Portable flanking sequences modulate CTL epitope processing.

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Published in J Clin Invest on November 01, 2007

Authors

Sylvie Le Gall1, Pamela Stamegna, Bruce D Walker

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1: Partners AIDS Research Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, USA. sylvie_legall@hms.harvard.edu

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