Structural Requirements for Assembly of Dimeric IgA Probed by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of J Chain and a Cysteine Residue of the α-Chain CH2 Domain

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 244-249

  Krugmann, Sonja ^a,b   Pleass, Richard J ^a   Atkin, Julie D ^a,c   Woof, Jenny M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031183917     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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