Does difference exist between epitope and non-epitope residues? Analysis of the physicochemical and structural properties on conformational epitopes from B-cell protein antigens

Immunome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Jing ^a   Xu, Tianlei ^a   Wang, Shuning ^b   Li, Guoqing ^b   Wu, Di ^b   Cao, Zhiwei ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 84860376334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17457580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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