Computational prediction and analysis of envelop glycoprotein epitopes of DENV-2 and DENV-3 Pakistani isolates: A first step towards dengue vaccine development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Amat Ur Rasool, Hafsa ^a   Saghir, Anam ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; DENGUE VACCINE; NS1 PROTEIN, DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 2; NS1 PROTEIN, DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 3; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DENGUE VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DENGUE VACCINES; EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAKISTAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84924955978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119854     Document Type: Article

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