The Hinge as a Spacer Contributes to Covalent Assembly and Is Required for Function of IgG

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 733-740

  Coloma, M Josefina ^a   Trinh, K Ryan ^a   Wims, Letitia A ^a   Morrison, Sherie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; FC RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, IGG; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031568069     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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