title: Immunodominant epitopes of HIV-1 p17 and p24.
abstract: Immunodominant antibody-binding sites were mapped using overlapping synthetic peptides of the structural proteins p17 and p24 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Using sera from HIV-1-infected individuals at a variety of disease states, three major epitopes were identified within p17 and one within p24. Antibodies which recognized these epitopes were present in all risk groups throughout all stages of HIV infection, regardless of the presence of high levels of serum p24 antigen.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000941:Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000235:genetics; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000235:genetics; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054301:gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D010455:Peptides; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054301:gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C054858:p17 protein, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1