Circular Dichroism reveals evidence of coupling between immunoglobulin constant and variable region secondary structure

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1421-1425

  Janda, Alena ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag fine specificity; Circular Dichroism; Constant region; Murine IgG; Variable region

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOXYLOMANNAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

MURINAE;

EID: 77950627194     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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