Abstract
The fine specificity of monoclonal antibodies is the indispensable information to the elucidation of the protein-ligand interaction. The data on the epitope of antigens have been desperately required in immunology, pharmacology and molecular biology because the epitope is specifically recognized by antibodies. With these interests, Epitope Data Bank has been developed as a feasibility study for supporting those fields. The record of Epitope Data Bank is a sequenced epitope locating on antigen molecule with links to PIR, GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ and HDB. The software for the retrieval of antigens and epitope sequences was also developed. Further link to PDB is under developing to support biologists to find proper reference structure for modeling of antibody structure.
