Biochemical filtering of a protein-protein docking simulation identifies the structure of a complex between a recombinant antibody fragment and α-bungarotoxin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 423-427

  Bracci, Luisa ^a   Pini, Alessandro ^a   Bernini, Andrea ^a   Lelli, Barbara ^a   Ricci, Claudia ^a   Scarselli, Maria ^a   Niccolai, Neri ^a   Neri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Protein complex modelling; Protein protein interaction; scFv fragment; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BIOCHEMICAL FILTERING;

PROTEINS;

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BUNGAROTOXINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA PRIMERS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038302757     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021369     Document Type: Article

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