The crystal structure of rabbit IgG-Fc

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 417, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Girardi, Enrico ^a,b   Holdom, Mary D ^a,b   Davies, Anna M ^a,b   Sutton, Brian J ^a,b   Beavil, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Oryctolagus cuniculus); Fragment crystallizable (Fc); Glycosylation; Immunoglobulin G (IgG); Rabbit

Indexed keywords

(ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS); ANTIBODY MOLECULES; ANTIBODY STRUCTURES; AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS; BENT STRUCTURE; CARBOHYDRATE CHAINS; CLINICAL STUDY; CRYSTAL FORMS; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; DISULPHIDE BONDS; FC REGION; FRAGMENT CRYSTALLIZABLE (FC); HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; HIGH-RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G (IGG); INTRA-DOMAIN; N-LINKED; RABBIT; RABBIT MODELS; RECEPTOR COMPLEX; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIBODIES; CARBOHYDRATES; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALS; ESTERIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; RABBIT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GLYCOSYLATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RABBITS;

EID: 58249091524     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081355     Document Type: Article

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