Unique single-domain antigen binding fragments derived from naturally occurring camel heavy-chain antibodies

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Muyldermans, Serge ^a   Lauwereys, Marc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibody antigen interactions; Antigen binding loops; Camel antibodies; Heavy chain antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Inhibitors; Single domain antibodies

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; BINDING SITE; CAMEL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CAMELS; EPITOPES; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033103453     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1352(199903/04)12:2<131::AID-JMR454>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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