Article
Antibody framework residues affecting the conformation of the hypervariable loops.
Journal of molecular biology - 20 Mar 1992
Foote J, Winter G
Abstract excerpt
Rodent monoclonal antibodies have been "humanized" or "reshaped" for therapy by transplanting the antigen-binding loops from their variable domains onto the beta-sheet framework regions of human antibodies. However, additional substitutions in the human framework regions are sometimes required for high affinity antigen binding. Here we describe antigen binding by a reshaped antibody derived from the mouse...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Crystallography
- DNA
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
- Kinetics
