Importance of the linker in expression of single-chain Fv antibody fragments: Optimisation of peptide sequence using phage display technology

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-54

  Turner, Damian J ^a   Ritter, Mary A ^a   George, Andrew J T ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody engineering; Peptide linker; Prokaryotic expression; Recombinant protein; Refolding; Single chain Fv

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FV; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031584314     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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