OptiTope - A web server for the selection of an optimal set of peptides for epitope-based vaccines

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Toussaint, Nora C ^a   Kohlbacher, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; EPITOPE BASED VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WEB BROWSER;

ALLELES; EPITOPES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PEPTIDES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VACCINES, SUBUNIT;

EID: 67849111553     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp293     Document Type: Article

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