Introduction to heavy chain antibodies and derived nanobodies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 911, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-26

  Vincke, Cécile ^a,b   Muyldermans, Serge ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Camels; Heavy chain antibodies; Llamas; Nanobodies; Single domain antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN ANTIBODY; NANOBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTIODACTYLA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROMEDARY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84934444785     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-968-6_2     Document Type: Review

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