The testosterone binding mechanism of an antibody derived from a naïve human scFv library

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Niemi, Merja H ^a   Takkinen, Kristiina ^b   Amundsen, Lotta K ^b   Söderlund, Hans ^b   Rouvinen, Juha ^a   Höyhtyä, Matti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c MedixBiochemica ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

antibody library; crystal structure; fab fragment; hapten; steroid hormone; twinning

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CLONE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIBODIES; BINDING SITES; CLONE CELLS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN BINDING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79952165862     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: 10991352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1039     Document Type: Article

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