A generic approach to evaluate how B-cell epitopes are surface-exposed on protein structures

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 577-585

  Lollier, Virginie ^a   Denery Papini, Sandra ^a   Larré, Colette ^a   Tessier, Dominique ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Bioinformatics; Epitope; Prediction; Protein surface; Protrusion index

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 78650628653     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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