Rapid expression cloning of human immunoglobulin Fab fragments for the analysis of antigen specificity of B cell lymphomas and anti-idiotype lymphoma vaccination

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 141-153

  Osterroth, Frank ^a,b   Alkan, Ozan ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^a   Lindemann, Albrecht ^a   Fisch, Paul ^b   Skerra, Arne ^c   Veelken, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fab fragment; Idiotype; Lymphoma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

CANCER VACCINES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VACCINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032752120     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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