Rearrangement of the former VL interface in the solution structure of a camelised, single antibody VH domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 957-969

  Riechmann, Lutz ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody engineering; Camel; Hydrophobicity; Immunoglobulin; NMR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030604701     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0373     Document Type: Article

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