Conformational variants of human α2-macroglobulin are reflected in a C-terminal 'switch region'

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4081-4087

  Gunnarsson, Martin ^a   Stigbrand, Torgny ^a   Jensen, Poul Erik H ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conformation; Epitope; Monoclonal antibodies; Receptor binding fragment; 2 macroglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 2142765842     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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