An S-layer heavy chain camel antibody fusion protein for generation of a nanopatterned sensing layer to detect the prostate-specific antigen by surface plasmon resonance technology

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 664-671

  Pleschberger, Magdalena ^a,b   Saerens, Dirk ^c   Weigert, Stefan ^b   Sleytr, Uwe B ^a,b   Muyldermans, Serge ^c   Sára, Margit ^a,b   Egelseer, Eva M ^a,b  

^a BMT Biomolecular Therapeutics GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBODIES; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHIPS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHAINS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOLD; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIGNAL ENCODING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; UROLOGY;

CAMEL ANTIBODY; FUSION PROTEINS; HEAVY CHAIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SECONDARY CELL WALL POLYMERS; SENSING LAYERS; SQUARE LATTICE STRUCTURE; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE; VARIABLE DOMAIN;

ANTIGENS;

ANTIBODY; GOLD; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGAND; POLYMER; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2342504909     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc049964w     Document Type: Article

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