In silico identification of epitopes in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis proteins that were upregulated under stress conditions

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 855-864

  Gurung, Ratna B ^a,b   Purdie, Auriol C ^a   Begg, Douglas J ^a   Whittington, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Forests   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAP0187C PROTEIN; MAP1168C PROTEIN; MAP2312C PROTEIN; MAP2698C PROTEIN; MAP2872C PROTEIN; MAP3523C PROTEIN; MAP3567 PROTEIN; MAP3651C PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER PREDICTION; DORMANCY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861738105     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00114-12     Document Type: Article

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