This is an HLA-A3-restricted HIV-1 p17 Gag epitope. Single-amino-acid polymorphisms in this epitope can lead to escape and abolish CTL recognition. Goulder, P; et al., J. Exp. Med., 185, 1423 (1997); Yu, X; et al., J. Virology, 76, 8690 (2002); Sabbaj, S; et al., J. Virology, 76, 7365 (2002); Milicic, A; et al., J. Virology, 79, 13953 (2005).
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