Analysis and prediction of protective continuous B-cell epitopes on pathogen proteins

Immunome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Sollner, Johannes ^a   Grohmann, Rainer ^b   Rapberger, Ronald ^a   Perco, Paul ^a,c   Lukas, Arno ^a   Mayer, Bernd ^a,b  

^a Emergentec Biodevelopment GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 39449119829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17457580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-7580-4-1     Document Type: Article

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