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Mutations in an avian IgY-Fc fragment reveal the locations of monocyte Fc receptor binding sites.
Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 Feb 2010
Taylor Alexander I, Sutton Brian J, Calvert Rosaleen A
Abstract excerpt
The avian IgY antibody isotype shares a common ancestor with both mammalian IgG and IgE and so provides a means to study the evolution of their structural and functional specialisations. Although both IgG and IgE bind to their leukocyte Fc receptors with 1:1 stoichiometry, IgY binds to CHIR-AB1, a receptor expressed in avian monocytes, with 2:1 stoichiometry. The mutagenesis data reported here explain the...
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