A case of convergence: Why did a simple alternative to canonical antibodies arise in Sharks and Camels?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Flajnik, Martin F ^a   Deschacht, Nick ^b,c   Muyldermans, Serge ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEAVY CHAIN ONLY ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CAMEL; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LIGHT CHAIN; NONHUMAN; SHARK; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY;

CAMELIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAMELS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; SHARKS;

EID: 80052341911     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001120     Document Type: Article

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