An ontology for immune epitopes: application to the design of a broad scope database of immune reactivities

Muthuraman Sathiamurthy¹ , Bjoern Peters¹ , Huynh-Hoa Bui¹ , John Sidney¹ , John Mokili¹ , Stephen S Wilson¹ , Ward Fleri¹ , Deborah L McGuinness² , Philip E Bourne³ and Alessandro Sette¹

¹La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology, 3030 Bunker Hill Street, Suite 326, San Diego, California, 92109, USA

²Knowledge Systems, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford University and McGuinness Associates, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

³San Diego Supercomputer Center, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA