Antibody repertoire development in camelids

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 187-198

  De Genst, Erwin ^a   Saerens, Dirk ^a   Muyldermans, Serge ^a   Conrath, Katja ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Camel; Dromedary; Heavy chain antibody; Llama; Single domain antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HEAVY CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; LAMA GLAMA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 26044466715     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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