From absolute to exquisite specificity. Reflections on the fuzzy nature of species, specificity and antigenic sites

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 37-48

  Van Regenmortel, M H V ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody structure; Antigenicity; Cross reactions; Immunological specificity; Nature of epitopes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENICITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032123275     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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