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Table 3 Distribution of AA mutations in Rta CTL epitopes

From: Sequence analysis of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BRLF1 gene in nasopharyngeal and gastric carcinomas

HLA restriction

Rta residues

No. of isolates (%)

epitope sequence

  

EBVaGC

NPC

TW

 

B58

375-383

23(67.6)

37(64.9)

10(35.7)

N A A E P E Q P W

  

11(32.4)

20(35.1)

18(64.3)

- - E - - - - - -

Cw4

393-407

34(100)

53(92.9)

27(96.4)

E R P I F P H P S K P T F L P

  

0(0)

4(7.1)

1(3.6)

- - - - - - - - - - S - - F -

B61

529-543

13(38.2)

7(12.3)

0(0)

Q K E E A A I C G Q M D L S H

  

21(61.8)

50(87.7)

28(100)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - N -

  1. Sequences listed are epitope sequences of B95-8 isolate. Only the mutant AAs of the specimens are shown, while the dash indicates the identical sequence to B95-8.