Exploration of Immunology

Number of amino acids in the polytope	MW	pI	Total number of negatively charged residues (Asp+Glu)	Total number of positively charged residues (Arg+Lys)	Estimated half-life in mammalian reticulocytes in vitro	II	Aliphatic index	GRAVY
53	6199.28	9.79	0	9	1 hour	37.72 Stable	86.04	–0.004

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The author profusely acknowledges the management of Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (Deemed to be University) for providing the facility through Centre of Excellence and DST FIST Net-working lab (LSI-576/2013).

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