Comparison of physical chemical properties of llama V(HH) antibody fragments and mouse monoclonal antibodies

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1431, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Van Der Linden, R H J ^a,b   Frenken, L G J ^c   De Geus, B ^a   Harmsen, M M ^a   Ruuls, R C ^a,c   Stok, W ^a   De Ron, L ^c   Wilson, S ^d   Davis, P ^d   Verrips, C T ^b,c  

^a Pathobiology Epidemiol DLO I ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy chain antibody; Llama; Monoclonal antibody; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHANOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; TEMPERATURE; THIOCYANATES;

EID: 0032955291     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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