Selection of cryptic B-cell epitopes using informational analysis of protein sequenses

Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 389-402

  Svirshchevskaya, Elena ^a   Alekseeva, Ludmila ^a   Marchenko, Alexei ^b   Benevolenskii, Sergei ^b   Berzhec, Valentina M ^c   Nekrasov, Alexei ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c MECHNIKOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR VACCINES AND SERA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

B cell epitopes; Information structure of proteins; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; ASPARTIC ACID; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SUBUNIT VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCREENING TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VIRION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 33745726573     PISSN: 02197200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219720006002053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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