MHC Class II epitope predictive algorithms

Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Nielsen, Morten ^a,b   Lund, Ole ^a   Buus, Søren ^b   Lundegaard, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epitope prediction; Human leucocyte antigen; Major histocompatibility complex class II; Major histocompatibility complex peptide binding; T helper responses

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANTIGEN BINDING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77953520516     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03268.x     Document Type: Review

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