Protein antigen epitop prediction method in which potential epitops are predicted with a conventional algorithm and then potential epitops are compared with a molecular biology database of related data using data mining techniques

摘要

Method for predicting antigen epitops involves two steps. In a first step potential antigen epitops are predicted using known prediction algorithms. Each potential epitop is then compared with a database of molecular biological information including known epitops, whether a potential epitop has already been modeled as a peptide sequence in the laboratory and any other relevant information. Comparison is carried out using a data mining or text mining processes.