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Proposing low-similarity peptide vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Source :
- Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology; 2010, p8p-8p, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Using the currently available proteome databases and based on the concept that a rare sequence is a potential epitope, epitopic sequences derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis were examined for similarity score to the proteins of the host in which the epitopes were defined. We found that: (i) most of the bacterial linear determinants had peptide fragment(s) that were rarely found in the host proteins and (ii) the relationship between low similarity and epitope definition appears potentially applicable to T-cell determinants. The data confirmed the hypothesis that low-sequence similarity shapes or determines the epitope definition at the molecular level and provides a potential tool for designing new approaches to prevent, diagnose, and treat tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11107243
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 105082261
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/2010/832341