Prediction of antigenic epitopes of neurotoxin Bmbktx1 from Mesobuthus martensii

Current Drug Discovery Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-229

  Gomase, Virendra S ^a  

^a MGMs   (India)

Author keywords

Antigenic epitope; GOR; Hydrophilicity; Hydrophobicity; Neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; HEART PROTECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAT; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; EPITOPES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33947253564     PISSN: 15701638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016306780136817     Document Type: Article

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