id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-000695-g5sum116 Hou, Yanxia Prediction and Identification of T Cell Epitopes in the H5N1 Influenza Virus Nucleoprotein in Chicken 2012-06-20 .txt text/plain 5343 274 57 For the first time, this study used homology modelling techniques to construct three-dimensional structures of the peptide-binding domains of chicken MHC class Ι molecules for four commonly encountered unique haplotypes, i.e., B4, B12, B15, and B19. The NP protein sequence of H5N1 isolate A/Goose/Gongdong/1/96 (H5N1) was downloaded from the UniProt database (UniProtID: NCAP_I96A0) and automatically parsed as octapep-tides or nonapeptides using a computer program, which was developed in our laboratory, based on the peptide-binding motifs of chicken MHC class I molecules belonging to the B4, B12, B15, and B19 haplotypes [22] . Using a motif combined with a structure-based method, 25 potential T cell epitope peptides were predicted in the H5N1 AIV NP in chickens of B4, B12, B15, and B19 haplotypes. First, this is the first study to determine the structural characteristics of the peptide-binding domains of chicken MHC class I molecules belonging to the B4, B12, B15, and B19 haplotypes using a combined motif-structure method to predict T cell epitopes in chickens. ./cache/cord-000695-g5sum116.txt ./txt/cord-000695-g5sum116.txt