Crystal structure of a camel single-domain V(H) antibody fragment in complex with lysozyme

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 803-811

  Desmyter, Aline ^a   Transue, Thomas R ^a   Ghahroudi, Mehdi Arbabi ^a   Thi, Minh Hoa Dao ^a   Poortmans, Freddy ^b   Hamers, Raymond ^a   Muyldermans, Serge ^a   Wyns, Lode ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LYSOZYME;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CAMEL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CAMELS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0029764444     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0996-803     Document Type: Article

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