Mouse monoclonal antibodies to pneumococcal C-polysaccharide backbone show restricted usage of VH-DH-JH gene segments and share the same kappa chain

Immunology Letters

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-131

  Fernández Sánchez, Alba ^a   García Ocaña, Marcos ^b   de los Toyos, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mouse monoclonal antibodies; Pneumococcal cell wall C polysaccharide; VH and VL sequences

Indexed keywords

FORSSMAN ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; THYMUS INDEPENDENT ANTIGEN; THYMUS INDEPENDENT ANTIGEN TYPE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; GERM LINE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIGHT CHAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VDJ EXON;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 67349264091     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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