The Antibodies / Edition 1

by Maurizio Zanetti, Donald J. Capra

Overview

From diagnostic tools to therapy against cancer, infections and autoimmune diseases, antibodies serve many purposes, yet our knowledge of them is still incomplete. The Antibodies: Volume 7 continues with a comprehensive review of topics of contemporary interest including major breakthroughs such as the advent of monoclonal antibodies and the development of new techniques of antibody engineering that have kept antibodies at the forefront of immunology and medical science. While examining the ground-breaking discoveries of the last two decades this book also revisits more traditional aspects of the field to give an holistic approach to this increasingly popular area of medicine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415284660
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/2002
Series:	Antibodies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Maurizio Zanetti, Donald J. Capra

Table of Contents

Positive Selection of B Cell Repertoire, Idiotype Networks and Immunological Memory. The Utility of Immunoglobulins Fusions in DNA Immunisation. Constraints on the Hydropathicity and Sequence Composition of HCDR3 are Conserved Across Evolution. Molecular Aspects of Anti-Polysaccharide Antibody Responses. Molecular Farming Antibodies in Plants: From Antibody Engineering to Antibody Production.

Editorial Reviews

These seven contributions on the study and medical application of antibodies address such topics as the thermodynamic basis of antibody- antigen interactions, intracellular immunization, the use of immunoglobulin genes as immunogens in vivo, the applications of single-chain bispecific antibodies and their production by combinatorial library techniques, and internal-image antibodies. The editors include an index of the previous three volumes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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