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Diversity in the Cow Ultralong CDR H3 Antibody Repertoire.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Haakenson Jeremy K, Huang Ruiqi, Smider Vaughn V
Abstract excerpt
Typical antibodies found in humans and mice usually have short CDR H3s and generally flat binding surfaces. However, cows possess a subset of antibodies with ultralong CDR H3s that can range up to 70 amino acids and form a unique "stalk and knob" structure, with the knob protruding far out of the antibody surface, where it has the potential to bind antigens with concave epitopes. Activation-induced cytidine...
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