开发一种基于Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato的基于序列的OspA类型化方法

Jonathan T Lee1, Zhenghui Li1, Lorna D Nunez1

  • 1Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc., Pearl River, NY, 10965, USA.

Microbial genomics
|May 24, 2024
PubMed
概括

一种新的计算方法使用基因组数据准确地类型Borrelia外表面蛋白A (OspA) 变体. 这种OspA in silico类型 (IST) 计划识别了新型,有助于莱姆病疫苗的开发.

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