NetTepi: An integrated method for the prediction of T cell epitopes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 66, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 449-456

  Trolle, Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Morten ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; MHC binding specificity; MHC class I; Peptide immunogenicity; Peptide MHC binding stability; T cell epitope

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX 1; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORKLOAD;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETIC PHENOMENA; PROTEIN BINDING; SOFTWARE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84904250653     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: 14321211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-014-0779-0     Document Type: Article

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