Estimation and extraction of B-cell linear epitopes predicted by mathematical morphology approaches

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 431-441

  Chang, Hao Teng ^a   Liu, Chih Hong ^b   Pai, Tun Wen ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antigenicity; Linear epitope; Mathematical morphology

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIGENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 56749156105     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: 10991352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.910     Document Type: Article

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