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Structure of viral B-cell epitopes
1Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
Research in Microbiology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Four categories of viral epitopes can be distinguished that have been designated cryptotopes, neotopes, metatopes and neutralization epitopes. Specific examples of each epitope type are presented and the methods used for locating their positions in viral proteins are described. The epitopes of four well-characterized viruses, namely poliovirus, foot-and-mouth disease virus, influenza virus and tobacco mosaic virus are briefly described.