Crystal Structure and Computational Modeling of the Fab Fragment from a Protective Anti-Ricin Monoclonal Antibody

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Zhiyu ^a,b,c   Worthylake, David ^d   LeCour, Louis ^d   Maresh, Grace A ^a   Pincus, Seth H ^a,d  

^a The Research Institute for Children at Children's Hospital New Orleans   (United States)

^b Louisiana Optical Network Initiative   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RAC18; RICIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAVY CHAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLPROBITY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE MODEL; PROTEIN BINDING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATION; ROSETTA ANTIBODY MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPLATE MODELING SCORE; WEB ANTIBODY MODELING; Z SCORE;

EID: 84871310960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052613     Document Type: Article

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