Main description:

In contrast to existing books on immunoinformatics, this volume presents a cross-section of immunoinformatics research. The contributions highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the field and how collaborative efforts among bioinformaticians and bench scientists result in innovative strategies for understanding the immune system. Immunoinformatics is ideal for scientists and students in immunology, bioinformatics, microbiology, and many other disciplines.

Contents:

IMGT-ONTOLOGY, IMGT (R) Databases, Tools, and Web Resources for Immunoinformatics.- IMGT Standardization for Molecular Characterization of the T-cell Receptor/Peptide/MHC Complexes.- Structural Immunoinformatics.- In Silico QSAR-Based Predictions of Class I and Class II MHC Epitopes.- Allergen Bioinformatics.- Immunoinformatics Applied to Modifying and Improving Biological Therapeutics.- Plasticity of Dendritic Cell Transcriptional Responses to Antigen: Functional States of Dendritic Cells.- Understanding the Immune System by Computer-Aided Modeling.- Simulation of HIV-1 Molecular Evolution in Response to Chemokine Coreceptors and Antibodies.- MUTANT MOUSE: bona fide Biosimulator for the Functional Annotation of Gene and Genome Networks.