Max Bergmann lecture Protein epitope mimetics in the age of structural vaccinology

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 127-140

  Robinson, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Hairpin conformation; HIV 1; LptD; Outer membrane; Peptide; Vaccine; Virus like particle

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARENICIN; CATIONIC ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC PEPTIDE L27 11; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 10E8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2557; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2F5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 447 52D; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4E10; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 537 10D; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8066; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY F425 B4E8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HK20; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PG9; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY Z13E1; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LPTD; POL 7001; POL 7080; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYPHEMUSIN; PROTEGRIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TACHYPLESIN; THETA DEFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA HAIRPIN; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; VIRUS LIKE AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84874022594     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2482     Document Type: Review

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