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C435S069100, C435S183000, C435S471000

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to methods for modifying proteins by mapping one or more epitopes of the protein and altering the amino acid sequence of one or more epitopes of the protein in order to make the protein less immunogenic.

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