B-cell epitope engineering: A matter of recognizing protein features and motives

Drug Discovery Today: Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages

  Roggen, Erwin L ^a  

^a NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACHINE LEARNING; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 71849120013     PISSN: 17406749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ddtec.2009.04.001     Document Type: Review

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