Positively selected codons in immune-exposed loops of the vaccine candidate OMP-P1 of Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-422

  Mes, Ted H M ^a   Van Putten, Jos P M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epitope; Haemophilus influenzae; Immune selection; Outer membrane proteinI; Structural information; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN P1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CODON; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CODON; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 34247871435     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0021-2     Document Type: Article

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