B-cell epitopes of antigenic proteins in Leishmania infantum: An in silico analysis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 313-323

  Assis, L M ^a,b   Sousa, J R ^c   Pinto, N F S ^b   Silva, A A ^b   Vaz, A F M ^b   Andrade, P P ^d   Carvalho, E M ^a,e   De Melo, M A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c Santa Maria College (FSM)   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e National Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases INCT DT CNPq MCT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Diagnosis; Kala azar; Synthetic biology; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CALPAIN; CYSTEINE PEPTIDASE; ENZYME; EPITOPE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN; THIOL; THIOL DEPENDENT REDUCTASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BIOINFORMATICS; DIAGNOSIS; KALA-AZAR; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

EID: 84902468595     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pim.12111     Document Type: Article

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