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Antibody-induced conformational changes in proteins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2009

Franco Celada  and
Roberto Strom
Franco Celada
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Cell Biology, CNR, Via G. Romagnosi 18 A, Rome, Italy, and Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Roberto Strom
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Cell Biology, CNR, Via G. Romagnosi 18 A, Rome, Italy, and Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Abstract

Several cases of modifications of functional properties of proteins upon specific interaction with antibodies have been reported in the last few years. The purpose of this paper is to discuss evidence that these effects may be due to conformational changes in the protein molecule.

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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1972 , pp. 395 - 425
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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