Switching Antibody Specificity through Minimal Mutation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 993-1001

  Piatesi, Andrea ^a   Aldag, Caroline ^a   Hilvert, Donald ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

complementarity; cross reactivity; immunoglobulin; molecular recognition; steroid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY 1E9; ANTIBODY DB3; ARGININE; LEUCINE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; DIELS ALDER REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALNUS;

EID: 40849087622     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.069     Document Type: Article

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