Co-activation of antibody-responsive, enzymatic sensors by a recombinant scfv antibody fragment produced in E. coli

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1543-1551

  Alcalá, Pilar ^a   Ferrer Miralles, Neus ^b   Feliu, Jordi X ^c   Villaverde, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Biokit   (Spain)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Antigen; Foot and mouth disease virus; Recombinant antibody; Regulable enzyme; scFv

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 0036801899     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020371220100     Document Type: Article

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