Potent enzyme inhibitors derived from dromedary heavy-chain antibodies

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3512-3520

  Lauwereys, Marc ^a   Ghahroudi, Mehdi Arbabi ^a   Desmyter, Aline ^a   Kinne, Jörg ^b   Hölzer, Wolfgang ^b   De Genst, Erwin ^a   Wyns, Lode ^a   Muyldermans, Serge ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Camel; Inhibitors; Panning; Single domain antibody fragment; VH

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CAMELS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CATTLE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE;

EID: 0344447084     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3512     Document Type: Article

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