Antibodies are proteins with around 150 kDa molecular weight. They have a similar basic structure comprising of four polypeptide chains held together by disulfide bonds. These four polypeptide ...

Serum containing antigen-specific antibodies is called antiserum. There are five classes of immunoglobulins including IgM, IgG, IgA, IgD, and IgE. The basic structure of all antibodies are same.

However, the basic chemical structure of antibodies had been already determined during the previous decade, in particular thanks to the works of Rodney Porter and Gerald Edelman. Understanding the ...

Scientists have created a new type of super-strong antibody that could significantly enhance cancer immunotherapy. In an ...

A research team led by a Duke professor recently developed a novel computational model to predict antibody structures, a significant breakthrough for disease prevention efforts. A study published ...

What was known, however, is that the structure between the antibody arms, the so called hinges, changes over time. This latest research harnesses this property of the hinge and explains how it ...

VITT antibodies feature an oligoclonal or monoclonal antibody profile with a remarkable degree of clonal identity of the light chains, 3,4 which results in a strikingly similar structure of the ...

Powerful tools illuminate the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 On the surface of the complex structure of the antibody is a spot on the tips of each of its floppy, Y-shaped arms. This infinitesimally ...