Immunoinformatics: Current trends and future directions

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 14, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 684-689

  Tong, Joo Chuan ^a   Ren, Ee Chee ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVE VACCINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE VACCINE; VACCINE;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOMATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DATA BASE; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INFORMATICS;

EID: 67649484376     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2009.04.001     Document Type: Review

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