| abstract |
Peptides immunologically related to proteins expressed by a viral agent, having a sequence of amino acids ordered by means of the protein informational analysis technique using the Fourier transform method with reference to the amino acid sequence of a target antigen against which antibodies are desired to be formed, or lymphocites desired to be directed. The sequence has, in the Fourier spectrum, one or more frequencies of practically the same value as the frequency or frequencies characteristic of the target antigen. Application: in the diagnosis of viral pathologies in man or animals or as immunogenic compositions. |