Single domain antibodies: Comparison of camel VH and camelised human VH domains

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Riechmann, Lutz ^a   Muyldermans, Serge ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibody engineering; Camel; Heavy chain; Immunoglobulin; Single domain; VH

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAMELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033544535     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(99)00138-6     Document Type: Article

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