Identification of potential universal vaccine candidates against group a streptococcus by using high throughput in silico and proteomics approach

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 336-346

  Sharma, Abhinay ^a   Arya, Deepak Kumar ^a   Sagar, Vivek ^b   Bergmann, René ^b   Chhatwal, Gursharan Singh ^b   Johri, Atul Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; DNA array; Group A Streptococcus; Universal vaccine candidates

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A VACCINE; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84874049293     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr3005265     Document Type: Article

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