Structural elucidation of the mechanistic basis of degeneracy in the primary humoral response

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1819-1827

  Khan, Tarique ^a   Salunke, Dinakar M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b REGIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEGENERATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROPHENOLS; PHENYLACETATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 84856822992     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102701     Document Type: Article

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