Table 1.

Immunogenic peptides identified in this study

Position	Sequence	No. of hybridomas
116–130	MNILLQYVVKSFDRST	8
271–285	PRLIAFTSEHSHFSL	31*
	PRLIAFTSEHSHFSL
356–370	KYKIWMHVDAAWGGG	1
376–390	KHKWKLSGVERANSV	1
481–495	LYNIIKNREGYEMVF	19
511–525	PSLRTLEDNEERMSR	8
546–560	SYQPLGDKVNFFRMV	1
551–565	GDKVNFFRMVISNPA	14†
556–570	FFRMVISNPAATHQD
566–580	ATHQDIDFLIEEIER	1

For each peptide, the sequence and the number of responding hybridomas is shown. Boldface sequences mark experimentally defined core immunogenic sequence. 

^*Refers to p271–285, which contains both epitopes. 

^†All 14 hybridomas respond to p551–565 and p566–580.