Prediction and identification of T cell epitopes in the H5N1 influenza virus nucleoprotein in chicken.

T cell epitopes can be used for the accurate monitoring of avian influenza virus (AIV) immune responses and the rational design of vaccines. No T cell epitopes have been previously identified in the H5N1 AIV virus nucleoprotein (NP) in chickens. For the first time, this study used homology modelling...

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Main Authors: Yanxia Hou, Yingying Guo, Chunyan Wu, Nan Shen, Yongping Jiang, Jingfei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3379973?pdf=render