Structural and genetic diversity in antibody repertoires from diverse species

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-41

  de los Rios, Miguel ^a   Criscitiello, Michael F ^b   Smider, Vaughn V ^a,c  

^a Fabrus Inc   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; ANTIBODY; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HEAVY CHAIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN NAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANTIBODY ENGINEERING; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN BINDING; BINDING AFFINITY; CAMEL; CHICKEN; COW; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHARK; SPECIES COMPARISON; VDJ RECOMBINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CAMELS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHARKS;

EID: 84937158541     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.06.002     Document Type: Review

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