Predicted epitopes of Lig A of Leptospira interrogans by bioinformatics method: A clue for further vaccine development

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2768-2770

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Leptospira; Lig A

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIG A ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; DRUG APPROVAL; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACIDS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 33947137648     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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