Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 130.
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Peptides as Immunogens: Prospects for Synthetic Vaccines. With 1 Figure --;Molecular Features of Class II MHC-Restricted T-Cell Recognition of Protein and Peptide Antigens: The Importance of Amphipathic Structures. With 1 Figure --;Peptides as Probes to Study Moleeular Mimicry and Virus-Induced Autoimmunity. With 2 Figures --;The Use of Peptides in Studying Mechanisms of Immune Tolerance. With 4 Figures --;Immune Response to Synthetic Herpes Simplex Virus Peptides: The Feasibility of a Synthetic Vaccine. With 10 Figures --;Antigen Presentation by B Lymphocytes: A Critical Step in T-B Collaboration. With 3 Figures --;The Value of Synthetic Peptides as Vaccines for Eliciting T-Cell Immunity --;Indexed in Current Contents.
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The cells which originally process antigen are called an- tigen-presenting cells. The peptides of protein antigens reappear on the surface of the antigen-presenting cells, where they must become associated with membrane proteins encoded by genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in order to be recognized by T-Iymphocytes.