Immunomics Reviews:

Flower, Darren R.; Perrie, Yvonne

This volume will address an important emergent area within the field of immunomics: the discovery of antigens and adjuvants within the context of reverse vaccinology. Conventional approaches to vaccine design and development requires pathogens to be cultivated in the laboratory and the immunogenic molecules within them to be identifiable. Conventional vaccinology is no longer universally successful, particularly for recalcitrant pathogens. By using genomic information we can study vaccine development in silico: 'reverse vaccinology', can identify candidate subunits vaccines by identifying antigenic proteins and by using equally rational approaches to identify novel immune response-enhancing adjuvants.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-12-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781461450696

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5070-2

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 314