Entropy-favored human antibody binding reactions with a non-infectious antigen

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1494-1500

  Jackola, Duaine R ^a   Blackburn, Chavon ^a   Sveum, Mara ^a   Rosenberg, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; Antigen antibody binding; Enthalpy; Entropy; IgE; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RAGWEED ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BOND; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS; ENTROPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMBROSIA;

EID: 37349091435     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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