Analysis of the Genome Sequence and Prediction of B-Cell Epitopes of the Envelope Protein of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1344-1350

  Xie, Qian ^a   He, Xiaoyan ^a   Yang, Fangji ^b   Liu, Xuling ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Liu, Yujing ^a   Yang, ZhengMeng ^a   Yu, Jianhai ^a   Zhang, Bao ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; linear B cell epitope; MERS CoV

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOINFORMATICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EPITOPES; FORECASTING; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS;

B CELLS; BIOINFORMATICS METHODS; EPITOPE PREDICTIONS; GENOMICS; MERS-COV; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VACCINE DEVELOPMENT; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

PROTEINS;

EPITOPE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 85023171037     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2017.2702588     Document Type: Article

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