Percent of highly immunogenic amino acid residues forming B-cell epitopes is higher in homologous proteins encoded by GC-rich genes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Khrustalev, Vladislav V ^a   Barkovsky, Eugene V ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Amino acid replacements; B cell epitopes; GC content; Simplex virus; Varicello virus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAPSID PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLYCINE; PROLINE;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID; ENZYME; GENE; HOMOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTATION; PROTEIN; VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VARICELLOVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; EPITOPES; GC RICH SEQUENCE; PROTEINS;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 79957820186     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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