Synthesis of Rh Fv phage-antibodies using VH and VL germline genes

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 811-816

  Hughes Jones, Nevin C ^a   Bye, Jacqueline M ^a   Gorick, Barbara D ^a   Marks, James D ^a,c   Ouwehand, Willem H ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody paratopes; Epitopes; Fv phage antibodies; Germline V genes; Rh antibodies

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; ISOANTIBODIES;

EID: 0033000752     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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