Identification of an important thyrotrophin binding site on the human thyrotrophin receptor using monoclonal antibodies

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 197-206

  Shepherd, P S ^a   Da Costa, C R ^b   Cridland, J C ^a   Gilmore, K S ^a   Johnstone, A P ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding competitive; Monoclonal antibodies; Receptor thyrotrophin, (human); Recombinant protein; Thyrotrophin binding site

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA PRIMERS; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033602391     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00207-X     Document Type: Article

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