A probabilistic approach to antigen-antibody recognition

  • Authors:

  • Rajani R. Joshi

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Mathematics and School of Biomedical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bombay 400076, India

  • Venue:
  • Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Expressions for the expected value and the variance of the longest matched segment on the surfaces of two random shapes are obtained. Applications of these estimates to antibody-antigen pattern recognition during immune response are considered. Methods of estimation of the involved probabilities are presented with relevant computational results.