Predicted binding affinity of candidate HDV epitope: A bioinformatics study

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-110

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Binding affinity; Epitope; Hepatitis D; L HD Ag; S HDAg

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 34249948985     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31941-6     Document Type: Article

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