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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2017

In Silico Prediction of Linear B-Cell Epitopes on Proteins.

Yasser El-Manzalawy, Drena Dobbs, Vasant G Honavar

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yasser El-ManzalawyCollege of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, 301A Information Sciences and Technology Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Drena DobbsGenetics, Development and Cell Biology Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Vasant G HonavarCollege of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, 301A Information Sciences and Technology Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. vhonavar@ist.psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · USIowa State University · US

Funding

Discovery of Protein Seq.Struct.Func.RelationshipsR33GM066387 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HONAVAR, VASANT G. · 2005 to 2006
$545k
Protein Sequence Structure Function RelationshipsR21GM066387 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HONAVAR, VASANT G. · 2003 to 2004
$291k
NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM066387NIGMS NIH HHS R33 GM066387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-protein interactions play a critical role in the humoral immune response. B-cells secrete antibodies, which bind antigens (e.g., cell surface proteins of pathogens). The specific parts of antigens that are recognized by antibodies are called B-cell epitopes. These epitopes can be linear, corresponding to a contiguous amino acid sequence fragment of an antigen, or conformational, in which residues critical for recognition may not be contiguous in the primary sequence, but are in close proximity within the folded protein 3D structure.Identification of B-cell epitopes in target antigens is one of the key steps in epitope-driven subunit vaccine design, immunodiagnostic tests, and antibody production. In silico bioinformatics techniques offer a promising and cost-effective approach for identifying potential B-cell epitopes in a target vaccine candidate. In this chapter, we show how to utilize online B-cell epitope prediction tools to identify linear B-cell epitopes from the primary amino acid sequence of proteins.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntibodiesAntigensB-LymphocytesComputational BiologyComputer SimulationEpitope MappingEpitopesProteinsAntibodiesAntigensEpitopesProteinsAntibody-protein interactionB-cell epitope predictionEpitope mappingEpitope predictionLinear B-cell epitope prediction

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PMID27787831
PMCPMC8109234
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