Bioinformatics Tools for Antibody Engineering

Handbook of Therapeutic Antibodies

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 95-117

  Martin, Andrew C R ^a   Allen, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Biology; Conventions; Engineering; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856555072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619740.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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