Cross-reactivity and polyreactivity: The two sides of a coin

Immunology Today

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 411-412

  Bouvet, Jean Pierre ^a   Dighiero, Guillaume ^b  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; AMINO ACID; DNA; EPITOPE; FC RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HAPTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MENADIONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAPROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033859085     PISSN: 01675699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5699(00)01679-0     Document Type: Letter

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