Human monoclonal antibodies encoded by the V4-34 gene segment show cold agglutinin activity and variable multireactivity which correlates with the predicted charge of the heavy-chain variable region

Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Thorpe, S J ^a   Turner, C E ^a   Stevenson, F K ^b   Spellerberg, M B ^b   Thorpe, R ^a   Natvig, J B ^c   Thompson, K M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGGLUTININS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; CRYOGLOBULINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; ISOANTIBODIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 0031939565     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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