The Escherichia coli-derived Fab fragment of the IgM/κ antibody IN-1 recognizes and neutralizes myelin-associated inhibitors of neurite growth

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 468-475

  Bandtlow, Christine ^a   Schiweck, Wolfram ^b   Tai, Hsin Hsiung ^c   Schwab, Martin E ^a   Skerra, Arne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c University of Kentucky   (United States)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody fragment; Axonal regeneration; Bacterial expression; Neurite growth inhibitor; Tetracycline promoter

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYELIN PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLAST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURITES; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PC12 CELLS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029858081     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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