Expression and Characterization of a Recombinant Fab Fragment Derived from an Anti-Human alpha-Fetoprotein Monoclonal Antibody

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 158-163

  Kim, Se Ho ^a   Song, Seung Hwan ^a   Kim, Youn Jae ^a   Park, Song Yong ^a  

^a Green Cross Company   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AFP; Bacterial Fab Expression; Monoclonal Antibody; Recombinant Fab

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

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