Immunochemistry /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Immunoglobulin Structure and Function / Roald Nezlin -- 2. Human Immunoglobulin Allotypes and Mendelian Polymorphisms of the Human Immunoglobulin Genes / Rune E. Grubb -- 3. Immunoglobulin Idiotypes and Anti-Idiotypes / Yasmin Thanavala and Michael William Pride -- 4. Monoclonal Antibodies / Ailsa M. Campbell -- 5. Phylogeny of Immunoglobulins / Michele K. Anderson, Jonathan P. Rast and Gary W. Litman -- 6. The T-Cell Receptors / Marie-Paule Lefranc -- 7. Peptide Interactions with Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecules / Luciano Adorini and Sylvie Trembleau -- 8. Immunoglobulins as Enzymes / Martin Friede and Francis Schuber -- 9. Recombinant Antibodies / Andreas Pluckthun -- 10. Fc Receptors / Wolf H. Fridman -- 11. Lectins / Miercio E. A. Pereira -- 12. The Recognition of Proteins and Peptides by Antibodies / Marc H. V. van Regenmortel -- 13. Immune Recognition of Proteins and Peptides by T Cells / J. R. L. Pink and G. Suss.

14. Immunochemistry of Polysaccharide and Blood Group Antigens / Roger K. Cunningham -- 15. Immunochemistry of Nucleic Acids / B. David Stollar -- 16. Immunochemistry of Pharmacological Substances / Anne Morel-Montero and Michel Delaage -- 17. Tumor-Associated Antigens / Kate R. Diakun -- 18. Immunochemistry of Bacterial Antigens / Peter Owen and Mary Meehan -- 19. Immunochemistry of Viral Antigens / James A. Wiley, Pascale M. Richalet-Secordel and Marc H. V. van Regenmortel -- 20. Immunochemistry of Parasite Antigens / Ross L. Coppel, Kathleen M. Davern and Malcolm J. McConville -- 21. Immunochemistry of Vaccines / Michael J. Francis -- 22. Immunochemistry of Allergens / Brian A. Baldo -- 23. Nature of Specific Ligand-Receptor Bonds, in Particular the Antigen-Antibody Bond / Carel J. van Oss -- 24. Antibody Structure from X-Ray Crystallography and Molecular Modeling / Anthony R. Rees, Jan T. Pedersen, Stephen M. J. Searle, Andrew H. Henry and David Michael Webster.

25. Circulating Immune Complexes / Lee A. Hebert, Daniel J. Birmingham, Fernando G. Cosio and Daniel D. Sedmak -- 26. Autoantigens / Jean-Paul Viard and Jean-Francois Bach -- 27. Immunotargeting: The Selective Elimination of Specific Cell Populations with Immunoconjugates / George L. Mayers -- 28. Precipitation and Agglutination / Carel J. van Oss -- 29. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / John E. Butler -- 30. Determination of Antibody Affinity / Marc H. V. van Regenmortel and Agnes Azimzadeh -- 31. Immunofluorescence and Enzyme Immunomicroscopy Methods / Vijay Kumar -- 32. Multiparameter Flow Cytometry / Carleton C. Stewart -- 33. Immunoelectron Microscopy / Matthew A. Gonda -- 34. Complement / B. Paul Morgan -- 35. Immunoblotting, Dot-Blotting, and ELISPOT Assays: Methods and Applications / David I. Stott -- 36. Biosensor Techniques / Lars G. Fagerstam and Robert Karlsson -- 37. T-Cell-Mediated Lymphokines / Paul L. Fidel, Jr. -- 38. Macrophage-Derived Cytokines / Daniel G. Remick.

39. Immunosuppressants / Valerie F. J. Quesniaux and Goetz Baumann -- 40. Maturation of the Immune Response / James D. Marks.

This single-source reference/text offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the chemical and physicochemical aspects of immunological interactions as well as the molecules and moieties involved in these interactions - providing a well-focused and organized study of immunochemistry.

Highlighting the chemical principles at work in the most current immunological techniques, Immunochemistry supplies - for the first time in a book of this kind - an in-depth treatment of the Ag-Ab interaction, including attraction at a distance between epitope and paratope ... explains the methodology of immunochemical analysis that forms the basis for clinical and immunological diagnoses ... furnishes an introduction to the difficult but promising therapeutic approach of the magic bullet ... examines immunoglobulins, monoclonal antibodies, T-cell receptors, Fc receptors, and lectins ... explores the immunochemistry of antigens and haptens ... discusses the fundamentals of antigen-antibody interactions as well as in vivo and in vitro responses ... and much more.