ANTIBODY - THE FLEXIBLE ADAPTER MOLECULE

被引:78
作者
BURTON, DR
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[1] Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, The University, Sheffield
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10.1016/0968-0004(90)90178-E
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Antibodies are flexible adaptor molecules linking target and potential killer i.e. antigen and effector. With the discovery of effector binding sites on antibodies we can begin to visualize at the molecular level how this adaptor role is fulfilled. © 1990.
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