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Identification of the immunodominant cytotoxic T-cell epitope of human -1 antitrypsin

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Breous, E., Somanathan, S. & Wilson, J. Identification of the immunodominant cytotoxic T-cell epitope of human -1 antitrypsin. Gene Ther 16, 1380–1382 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/gt.2009.100

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