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In silico and in vivo analysis of Toxoplasma gondii epitopes by correlating survival data with peptide–MHC-I binding affinities
Author(s) -
SiYang Huang,
Maria Risager Jensen,
Carina Agerbo Rosenberg,
Xingquan Zhu,
Eskild Petersen,
Thomas VorupJensen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.014
Subject(s) - in silico , affinities , epitope , toxoplasma gondii , in vivo , binding affinities , biology , major histocompatibility complex , peptide , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , genetics , antigen , biochemistry , antibody , gene , receptor
Protein antigens comprising peptide motifs with high binding affinity to major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecules are expected to induce a stronger cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response and thus provide better protection against infection with microorganisms where cytotoxic T-cells are the main effector arm of the immune system.

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