Prediction of discontinuous B-cell epitopes using logistic regression and structural information

Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 010-015

  Liu, Rong ^a   Hu, Jianjun ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

B factor; Discontinuous epitopes; Logistic regression model; Relative accessible surface area

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

3' (1 BUTYLPHOSPHORYL)ADENOSINE; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPITOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATTHEW CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELATIVE ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THRESHOLD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 79551716021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0974276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/jpb.1000161     Document Type: Article

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