Abstract
Theoretical and experimental methods for locating antigenic determinants of proteins with known amino acid sequences are discussed. These methods are systematized on the basis of the theoretical approaches applied, and the efficiency of various predictive methods is compared. Some examples of experimental epitope determination for a number of proteins are given.
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Abbreviations
- apoC-II:
-
apolipoprotein C-II
- apoE:
-
apolipoprotein E
- B norm :
-
the temperature factor
- ELISA:
-
enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
- gp41:
-
β2-gpI, and gpC3a, glycoproteins gp41, β2-gpI, and gpC3a, respectively
- HEV:
-
hepatitis E virus
- HIV:
-
human immunodeficiency virus
- HTLV:
-
human T-cell leukemia virus
- MAP:
-
multiple antigenic peptide
- MHC:
-
main histocompatibility complex
- ORF3:
-
the hepatitis E viral protein
- P2-C:
-
the Coxsackie viral protein
- SCR:
-
structural conservative region
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Evstigneeva, R.P., Pal’keeva, M.E. Methods of locating antigenic determinants of proteins with known primary structures. Russ J Bioorg Chem 26, 217–234 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02759161
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