Antibody-antigen recognition: A canonical structure paradigm

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 678-684

  Lara Ochoa, Francisco ^a   Almagro, Juan C ^a   Vargas Madrazo, Enrique ^b   Conrad, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Amino acid frequency analysis; Antigen antibody recognition; Canonical structures; Immunoglobulin evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030456354     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202116     Document Type: Article

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