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Table 2 CSP peptides used in ELISPOT and ICS assays

From: Identification of minimal human MHC-restricted CD8+ T-cell epitopes within the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP)

Pool

Amino acids

15mer

Amino acids

Sequence

Cp1

1 - 39

C1

1-15

MMRKLAILSVSSFLF

  

C2

5-19

LAILSVSSFLFVEAL

  

C3

9-23

SVSSFLFVEALFQEY

  

C4

13-27

FLFVEALFQEYQCYG

  

C5

17-31

EALFQEYQCYGSSSN

  

C6

21-35

QEYQCYGSSSNTRVL

  

C7

25-39

CYGSSSNTRVLNELN

Cp2

29-71

C8

29-43

SSNTRVLNELNYDNA

  

C9

33-47

RVLNELNYDNAGTNL

  

C10

37-51

ELNYDNAGTNLYNEL

  

C11

41-55

DNAGTNLYNELEMNY

  

C12

45-59

TNLYNELEMNYYGKQ

  

C13

49-63

NELEMNYYGKQENWY

  

C14

53-67

MNYYGKQENWYSLKK

  

C15

57-71

GKQENWYSLKKNSRS

Cp6

309-331

C46

309-323

EEPSDKHIKEYLNKI

  

C47

313-327

DKHIKEYLNKIQNSL

  

C48

317-331

KEYLNKIQNSLSTEW

Cp9

357-397

C58

357-371

ELDYANDIEKKICKM

  

C59

361-375

ANDIEKKICKMEKCS

  

C60

365-379

EKKICKMEKCSSVFN

  

C61

369-383

CKMEKCSSVFNVVNS

  

C62

373-387

KCSSVFNVVNSSIGL

  

C63

377-391

VFNVVNSSIGLIMVL

  

C64

381-395

VNSSIGLIMVLSFLF

  

C65

383-397

SSIGLIMVLSFLFLN

  1. Four CSP peptide pools, Cp1, Cp2, Cp6, and Cp9 were selected as they elicited the highest responses overall in ELISpot assays with Ad-CA-immunized volunteers (see reference [7] and Figure 3).