Emergence and evolution of functional heavy-chain antibodies in Camelidae

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-103

  Conrath, K E ^a   Wernery, U ^b   Muyldermans, S ^a   Nguyen, V K ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Camelidae; Combinatorial diversity; Heavy chain antibody; Immunoglobulins

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN G;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTIODACTYLA; BINDING SITE; CAMEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SHARK; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; LAMA (CAMEL); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037303456     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00071-X     Document Type: Review

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