Comparative mycobacterial genomics as a tool for drug target and antigen discovery

ST Cole - European Respiratory Journal, 2002 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… leprae genome sequence would have helped focus this work considerably, since only one
of these five M. tuberculosis genes has a functional orthologue, with ML2387 corresponding …

Identification of antigenic targets

HP Gerber, LV Sibener, LJ Lee, MH Gee - Trends in Cancer, 2020 - cell.com
… is a paucity of targets that meet such ideal cancer target criteria. Recent … targets presented
as peptides in the context of human leukocyte antigen (peptide–human leukocyte antigen

Genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar equi strain 258 and prediction of antigenic targets to improve biotechnological vaccine production

SC Soares, E Trost, RTJ Ramos, AR Carneiro… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
genome sequence of C. pseudotuberculosis biovar equi strain 258, isolated from a horse
with ulcerative lymphangitis. The genome … IV, we screened for antigenic targets harbored by …

The pan-genome: towards a knowledge-based discovery of novel targets for vaccines and antibacterials

A Muzzi, V Masignani, R Rappuoli - Drug discovery today, 2007 - Elsevier
… As one of the major problems with meningococcal antigens is sequence variability, the …
This analysis yielded a handful of antigens, which were both conserved in sequence and …

A whole‐genome bioinformatics approach to selection of antigens for systematic antibody generation

L Berglund, E Björling, K Jonasson, J Rockberg… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… the native target protein. Antigens are preferably selected on parts of the protein shared by
all splice variants of the target gene, to cover all proteins encoded by the target gene with the …

Genome-wide variation and identification of vaccine targets in the Plasmodium falciparum genome

J Mu, P Awadalla, J Duan, KM McGee, J Keebler… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
… genes encoding new antigens or drug targets. We searched for genomic regions with …
balancing selection) that may harbor genes encoding antigens. Indeed, approximately 40% of the …

[HTML][HTML] Genome wide approaches discover novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens as correlates of infection, disease, immunity and targets for vaccination

M Coppola, THM Ottenhoff - Seminars in immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
… the non-epitope encoding sequences of the same Mtb antigens [136] (in this work 491
experimentally verified peptides were studied covering 78 Mtb antigens). This discussion impacts …

Genome Report: Identification and Validation of Antigenic Proteins from Pajaroellobacter abortibovis Using De Novo Genome Sequence Assembly and Reverse …

BT Welly, MR Miller, JL Stott… - … : Genes, Genomes …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… the seven proteins displaying antigenic responses are promising targets for further studies
… for designation as an EBA-specific antigen in the target bovine species. In silico analysis of …

Evolutionarily conserved protein sequences of influenza a viruses, avian and human, as vaccine targets

AT Heiny, O Miotto, KN Srinivasan, AM Khan… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
target pathogens. Cell-mediated immunity, in contrast, is based upon the binding of short
sequences of antigen … diversity, illustrative of the reassortment of the genome segments among …

Identification of vaccine candidates against serogroup B meningococcus by whole-genome sequencing

M Pizza, V Scarlato, V Masignani, MM Giuliani, B Arico… - Science, 2000 - science.org
… To further characterize these target antigens as vaccine candidates, we studied surface
expression by immunoblotting outer membrane preparations and we studied accessibility of …