Prediction of conformational epitopes with the use of a knowledge-based energy function and geometrically related neighboring residue characteristics

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL4, 2013, Pages

  Lo, Ying Tsang ^a   Pai, Tun Wen ^a   Wu, Wei Kuo ^a   Chang, Hao Teng ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10-FOLD CROSS-VALIDATION; AMINO ACID RESIDUES; B-CELL RECEPTORS; CONFORMATIONAL EPITOPES; ENERGY FUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL ALGORITHMS; SURFACE RESIDUES; SYNTHETIC VACCINES;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; VACCINES;

EPITOPES;

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MOUSE; PROTEIN DATABASE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879511692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-S4-S3     Document Type: Article

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