H3-rules: Identification of CDR-H3 structures in antibodies

FEBS Letters

Volumn 455, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 188-197

  Shirai, Hiroki ^a   Kidera, Akinori ^a   Nakamura, Haruki ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody engineering; Antibody structure; Combining site; Loop modeling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0033058759     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00821-2     Document Type: Article

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