Functional heavy-chain antibodies in Camelidae

Advances in Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2001, Pages 261-296

  Nguyen, V K ^a   Desmyter, A ^a   Muyldermans, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BINDING SITE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMEL; CAMELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0034755438     PISSN: 00652776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2776(01)79006-2     Document Type: Review

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