Identification of a linear epitope of interferon-α2b recognized by neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Blank, Viviana C ^a   Sterin Prync, Aida ^b   Retegui, Lilia ^a   Vidal, Alejandro ^b   Criscuolo, Marcelo ^b   Roguin, Leonor P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b BIOSIDUS SA   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Quimica y Fisicoquimica Biologicas Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epitope mapping; Interferon 2b; Interferon receptor interaction; Monoclonal antibodies; Proteolytic digestion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-BETA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, INTERFERON ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033214247     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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