Immunoinformatics analysis and in silico designing of a novel multi-epitope peptide vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 83-94

  Hajighahramani, Nasim ^a,b   Nezafat, Navid ^b   Eslami, Mahboobeh ^b   Negahdaripour, Manica ^a,b   Rahmatabadi, Seyyed Soheil ^a,b   Ghasemi, Younes ^a,b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alpha enolase; Clumping factor A; Immunoinformatics; Iron surface determinant B; Staphylococcus aureus; Subunit vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE VACCINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; SUBUNIT VACCINE;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL VACCINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VACCINES, SUBUNIT;

EID: 85006952981     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.010     Document Type: Article

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