Comparative Analysis of Immune Repertoires between Bactrian Camel's Conventional and Heavy-Chain Antibodies.

Compared to classical antibodies, camel heavy chain antibodies (HCAbs) are smaller in size due to lack of the light chain and the first constant domain of the heavy chain (CH1 region). The variable regions of HCAbs (VHHs) are more soluble and stable than that of conventional antibodies (VHs). Even w...

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Main Authors: Xinyang Li, Xiaobo Duan, Kai Yang, Wei Zhang, Changjiang Zhang, Longfei Fu, Zhe Ren, Changxi Wang, Jinghua Wu, Ruxue Lu, Yanrui Ye, Mengying He, Chao Nie, Naibo Yang, Jian Wang, Huanming Yang, Xiao Liu, Wen Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5010241?pdf=render