The ClusPro AbEMap web server for the prediction of antibody epitopes

Dmitri Beglov, Sandor Vajda, Israel T. Desta, Sergei Kotelnikov, George Jones, Usman Ghani, Mikhail Abyzov, Yaroslav Kholodov, Daron M. Standley, Dima Kozakov

Published: 2023-05-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00826-7

Antibody Epitope Mapping

ClusPro AbEMap

Docking Programs

AlphaFold2

Protein-Protein Interactions

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Antibodies play an important role in the immune system by binding to molecules called antigens at their respective epitopes. These interfaces or epitopes are structural entities determined by the interactions between an antibody and an antigen, making the
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