Functional enhancement of a partially active single-chain variable fragment antibody to Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

Viral Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-222

  Alvi, Azhar Z ^a,b   Hu, Wei Gang ^c   Fulton, R Elaine ^c   Coles, Jeffrey E ^c   Long, Melissa C ^c   Nagata, Les P ^c  

^a AFAM ALVI Researchers and Consultants   (Canada)

^b Syn X Pharma Inc   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY ENGINEERING; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; EQUIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0037705515     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088282403322017947     Document Type: Article

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