Like many words, the term “immunomics” equates to different ideas contingent on context. For a brief span, immunomics meant the study of the Immunome, of which there were, in turn, several different definitions. A now largely defunct meaning rendered the Immunome as the set of antigenic peptides or immunogenic proteins within a single microorganism – be that virus, bacteria, fungus, or parasite – or microbial population, or antigenic or allergenic proteins and peptides derived from the environment as a whole, containing also proteins from eukaryotic sources. However, times have changed and the meaning of immunomics has also changed. Other newer definitions of the Immunome have come to focus on the plethora of immunological receptors and accessory molecules that comprise the host immune arsenal. Today, Immunomics or immunogenomics is now most often used as a synonym for high-throughput genome-based immunology. This is the study of aspects of the immune system using high-throughput techniques within a conc- tual landscape borne of both clinical and biophysical thinking.
Edited by:
Darren D.R. Flower, Matthew Davies, Shoba Ranganathan Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Country of Publication: United States Edition: 2010 ed. Volume: 3 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 594g ISBN:9781441905390 ISBN 10: 1441905391 Series:Immunomics Reviews: Pages: 192 Publication Date:05 November 2009 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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