Jenner-predict server: Prediction of protein vaccine candidates (PVCs) in bacteria based on host-pathogen interactions

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jaiswal, Varun ^a   Chanumolu, Sree Krishna ^a   Gupta, Ankit ^a   Chauhan, Rajinder S ^a   Rout, Chittaranjan ^a  

^a JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antigen; Domain; Host pathogen interactions; Protein vaccine candidates (PVCs); Reverse vaccinology; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; DOMAIN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; REVERSE VACCINOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANTIGENS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BACTERIA; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORECASTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROTEINS; VACCINES; WEB SERVICES;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; EPITOPE; PROTEOME; SUBUNIT VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOME; SOFTWARE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, SUBUNIT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84879494011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-211     Document Type: Article

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