A novel promiscuous class of camelid single-domain antibody contributes to the antigen-binding repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5696-5704

  Deschacht, Nick ^a,b   De Groeve, Kurt ^a,b   Vincke, Cécile ^a,b   Raes, Geert ^a,b   De Baetselier, Patrick ^a,b   Muyldermans, Serge ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BINDING SITE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; DENDRITIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LAMA GLAMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; BONE MARROW CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CAMEL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; BONE MARROW CELLS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CAMELS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77954739350     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903722     Document Type: Article

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