Dissecting the alternatively folded state of the antibody fab fragment

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 399, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 719-730

  Feige, Matthias Johannes ^a   Simpson, Emma Rhiannon ^a,b   Herold, Eva Maria ^a,c   Bepperling, Alexander ^a   Heger, Klaus ^a   Buchner, Johannes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternatively folded state; Antibody folding; Protein folding; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

MURINAE;

EID: 77953691625     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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