'Anticalins': A new class of engineered ligand-binding proteins with antibody-like properties

Reviews in Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 257-275

  Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilin binding protein; Digoxigenin; Fluorescein; Ligand binding; Protein design; Retinol binding protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIBODY; BILIN BINDING PROTEIN, INSECT; BILIN-BINDING PROTEIN, INSECT; CARRIER PROTEIN; HAPTEN; INSECT PROTEIN; LIGAND; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARRIER PROTEINS; HAPTENS; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0035720699     PISSN: 13890352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-0352(01)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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