ProPred analysis and experimental evaluation of promiscuous T-cell epitopes of three major secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Mustafa, Abu S ^a   Shaban, Fatema A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; Promiscuous epitopes; ProPred; Secreted antigens

Indexed keywords

CFP 10; EPITOPE; ESAT 6; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MPT 70; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TH1 CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES;

EID: 32444438223     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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