A composition that comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of : a) a peptide of eight, nine, ten, or eleven contiguous amino acids of a protein of Figure 2 b) a peptide of Tables VIIIXXI c) a peptide of Tables XXII to XLV or, d) a peptide of Tables XLVI to XLIX.Ī composition of claim 1 that comprises a protein related to a protein of Figure 2.Ī protein of claim 2 that is at least 90,91, 92,93, 94,95, 96,97, 98, or 99% homologous to an entire amino acid sequence shown in Figure 2.Ī composition of claim 1 wherein the substance comprises a CTL polypeptide or an analog thereof, from the amino acid sequence of a protein of Figure 2.Ī composition of claim 4 further limited by a proviso that the epitope is not an entire amino acid sequence of Figure 2.Ī composition of claim 1 further limited by a proviso that the polypeptide is not an entire amino acid sequence of a protein of Figure 2.Ī composition of claim 1 that comprises an antibody polypeptide epitope from an amino acid sequence of Figure 2.Ī composition of claim 7 further limited by a proviso that the epitope is not an entire amino acid sequence of Figure 2.Ī composition of claim 7 wherein the antibody epitope comprises a peptide region of at least 5 amino acids of Figure 2 in any whole number increment up to the end of said peptide, wherein the epitope comprises an amino acid position selected from: a) an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profile of Figure 5, b) an amino acid position having a value less than 0.5 in the Hydropathicity profile of Figure 6 c) an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in the Percent Accessible Residues profile of Figure 7 d) an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in the Average Flexibility profile of Figure 8 e) an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in the Betaturn profile of Figure 9.
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