Differences in electrostatic properties at antibody-antigen binding sites: Implications for specificity and cross-reactivity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2946-2968

  Sinha, Neeti ^a   Mohan, Srinivasan ^a,b   Lipschultz, Claudia A ^a   Smith Gill, Sandra J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Medarex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; HEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORY; X RAY;

EID: 0036923836     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75302-2     Document Type: Article

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