Linear B cell epitope prediction for epitope vaccine design against meningococcal disease and their computational validations through physicochemical properties

Network Modeling and Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Chandra, Sharat ^a   Singh, Tiratha Raj ^b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

B cell epitopes; Meningococcal; Neisseria meningitides; Structural features; Vaccine candidates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84883614499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21926670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13721-012-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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