A bispecific nanobody to provide full protection against lethal scorpion envenoming

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3479-3489

  Hmila, Issam ^a   Saerens, Dirk ^b   Abderrazek, Rahma Ben ^a   Vincke, Cécile ^b   Abidi, Naima ^a   Benlasfar, Zakaria ^a   Govaert, Jochen ^b   El Ayeb, Mohamed ^a   Bouhaouala Zahar, Balkiss ^a,c   Muyldermans, Serge ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB')2 FRAGMENT; NANOBODY F12 10; SCORPION VENOM; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DESIGN; ENVENOMATION; IMMUNIZATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; EQUIDAE; MUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 77956631367     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-148213     Document Type: Article

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