Rheumatoid factor specificity of a VH3-encoded antibody is dependent on the heavy chain CDR3 region and is independent of protein a binding

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2284-2289

  Zhang, Meilin ^a   Majid, Adrian ^a   Bardwell, Philip ^a   Vee, Chris ^a   Davidson, Anne ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN A; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINE; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032167526     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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