Protective immunity does not correlate with the hierarchy of virus-specific cytotoxic T cell responses to naturally processed peptides.

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Published in J Exp Med on May 18, 1998

Authors

A Gallimore1, T Dumrese, H Hengartner, R M Zinkernagel, H G Rammensee

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1: Institute of Experimental Immunology, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland. awen.gallimore@ndm.ox.ac.uk

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