id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-320490-3jmo35jc Ismail, Saba Immuno-informatics Characterization SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein for Prioritization of Epitope based Multivalent Peptide Vaccine 2020-04-12 .txt text/plain 6688 412 52 In this study, we characterized the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein by immune-informatics techniques to put forward potential B and T cell epitopes, followed by the use of epitopes in construction of a multi-epitope peptide vaccine construct (MEPVC). Stable conformation of the MEPVC with a representative innate immune TLR3 receptor was observed involving strong hydrophobic and hydrophilic chemical interactions, along with enhanced contribution from salt-bridges towards inter-molecular stability. The study presented, herein, is an attempt to get insights about antigenic determinants of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and highlight all antigenic epitopes [31] of the spike that can be used specifically for the design of a multi-epitope peptide vaccine construct (MEPVC) [32] to counter COVID-19 infections. The epitopes predicted by immunoinformatics techniques were fused together as well as to β-defensin adjuvant [33, 34] to boost the antibody production and longThe MEPVC affinity for an appropriate immune receptor as an agonist was checked in the step of molecular docking [60] . ./cache/cord-320490-3jmo35jc.txt ./txt/cord-320490-3jmo35jc.txt