Research Article

Molecular Assessment of Domain I of Apical Membrane Antigen I Gene in Plasmodium falciparum: Implications in Plasmodium Invasion, Taxonomy, Vaccine Development, and Drug Discovery

Table 5

Linear B-cell epitope prediction using the SVMTrip tool.

RankLocationEpitopeScoreRecommended

131–48LMSPMTLDHMRHLYKDNE1.000
249–66YVKNLDELTLCSRHAGNM0.941
35–22TTFLKPVATENQDLKDGG0.515
4102–119PRYCNKDQSKRNSMFCFR0.471
5130–147TYLSKNVVDNWEKVCPRK0.462
679–96PAVYDYEDKKCHILYIAA0.338

The epitopes recommended are labeled by the flags.