The antigen binding sites of various hCG monoclonal antibodies show homology to different domains of LH receptor

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 260-262, Issue , 2007, Pages 23-32

  Gadkari, Rupali A ^a,b   Sandhya, S ^b   Sowdhamini, R ^b   Dighe, Rajan R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Glycoprotein hormones; hCG; LH receptor; Monoclonal antibodies; ScFv; Sequence homology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPITOPE; HETERODIMER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; BINDING SITES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, LH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33751247356     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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