Enthalpy-entropy compensation in the transition of a monospecific antibody towards antigen-binding promiscuity

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3623-3624

  Kang, Jonghoon ^a   Warren, Andrew S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enthalpy entropy compensation; Immunoglobulin G; Polyspecificity; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS; ENTROPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 34248597377     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.03.006     Document Type: Letter

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