Analysis and improvements to Kabat and structurally correct numbering of antibody variable domains

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3832-3839

  Abhinandan, K R ^a   Martin, Andrew C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody sequences; Automated numbering; Chothia numbering; Computer software; Kabat numbering

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; DATA BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AUTOMATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 48049124972     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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