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ArticleMolecular biology research communications2018

Prediction of T-cell epitopes for designing a reverse vaccine against streptococcal bacteria.

Samira Ebrahimi, Hassan Mohabatkar

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Article in Molecular biology research communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samira EbrahimiDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technologies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Hassan MohabatkarDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technologies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
University of Isfahan · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcal bacteria are among dangerous human pathogens with major prevalence worldwide. A good vaccine against streptococcal bacteria should have epitopes that confer protection from infection by different streptococcal bacteria types. we aimed was to recognize the most immunogenic and conserved epitopes of streptococcal bacteria, which could be a potential candidate for vaccine development. Nineteen different M proteins of different streptococcal bacteria were chosen and analyzed. Nine-mer epitopes able to simulate both cells mediate and humoral immunity were predicted. Molecular docking was applied in order to measure free binding energy of selected epitopes. Final epitopes were analyzed if they were conserved among different streptococcal bacteria. The identified epitopes require experimental validation for their potential use in peptide vaccines.

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Epitope predictionMolecular dockingM proteinStreptococcal bacteriaVaccine design

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PMID29911121
PMCPMC5991529
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