Table 1. Tp2 CTL epitope variants obtained in this study.
| Epitope variant | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epitope 1(7 variants) | Epitope 2 (3 variants) | Epitope 3 (3 variants) | Epitope 4 (3 variants) | Epitope 5 (3 variants) | Epitope 6 (5 variants) |
| SHEELKKLGML (1,5,44,48,49,50,51,52)a | DGFDRDALF (1,2,5,42,43,44,48,49,50,51,52) | KSSHGMGKVGK (1,2,5,42,43,44,46,48,49,50, 51,52) | FAQSLVCVL (1,2,5,42,43,44, 48,49,51,52) | QSLVCVLMK (1,2,5,42,43,44, 48,49,51,52) | KTSIPNPCKW(1, 2, 5, 42, 43, 44, 48, 49, 50) |
| SHEELNILGML (42) | EGFDKEKLF(45,47) | KSSQSMGKVGK (45) | FAQSLMCVL (46,50) | QSLMCVLMK (46,50) | KPSIPNPCKW (52) |
| SDEELNKLGML (2) | EGFDRETLF (46) | KSSKSMGKVGK (47) | FAQSIMCVL (45,47) | QSIMCVLKK (45,47) | KNDIPNPCKW (45) |
| SYEELKKLGML (43) | KTDIPNPCKW (46,47) | ||||
| SQEELKKMGML (45) | KTCFPNPCKW (51) | ||||
| SEEELKKLGML (47) | |||||
| THEELKKMGML (46) | |||||
aNumbers in parentheses are the corresponding Tp2 gene alleles encoding that particular epitope (S4 Table)
Positions of polymorphic amino acid residues in each epitope variant are in bold underlined.