Sub-epitopic dissection of HCV E1315-328HRMAWDMMMNWSPT sequence by similarity analysis

Amino Acids

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-484

  Polimeno, L ^a   Mittelman, A ^b   Gennero, L ^c   Ponzetto, A ^c   Lucchese, G ^a   Stufano, A ^a   Kusalik, A ^d   Kanduc, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence uniqueness; Anti HCV peptide vaccines; Computational biology; Epitope mapping; Similarity level

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; HISTIDINE; METHIONINE; PROLINE; PROTEOME; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; BINDING SITES; EPITOPES; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 42449118866     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0539-7     Document Type: Article

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