IMGT-Choreography for immunogenetics and immunoinformatics

In Silico Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-60

  Lefranc, Marie Paule ^a   Clément, Oliver ^a   Kaas, Quentin ^a   Duprat, Elodie ^a   Chastellan, Patrick ^a   Coelho, Isabelle ^a   Combres, Kora ^a   Ginestoux, Chantal ^a   Giudicelli, Véronique ^a   Chaume, Denys ^a   Lefranc, Gérard ^a  

^a UMR 9002 CNRS UM   (France)

Author keywords

3D structure; Annotation; Antibody; Choreography; Collier de Perles; Database; HLA; IMGT; Immunogenetics; Immunoglobulin; Immunoinformatics; Information system; Knowledge resource; MHC; Ontology; Polymorphism; Superfamily; T cell receptor; Three dimensional; Web service

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; PROTEOME; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY ENGINEERING; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19944378491     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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