id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt k0698625s8t Nathan J. Alves Utilization of the Conserved Antibody Nucleotide Binding Site (NBS): From Antibody Purification and Advanced Medical Diagnostics to Next Generation Therapeutics 2013 .txt text/plain 342 9 6 This method of crosslinking also has implications in the development of next generation pharmaceutical antibodies by providing a site-specific insertion of functional moieties such as: chemotherapeutics, cell penetrating peptides, targeting sequences for bispecific antibody preparation, imaging molecules, and immobilization of antibodies to various nanoparticle drug delivery platforms, without negatively impacting antibody-antigen binding interactions. This dissertation will demonstrate how an underutilized, highly conserved binding domain located on the antibody variable fragment, known as the nucleotide binding site (NBS), can be implemented for antibody purification, advanced medical diagnostic development and for next generation antibody based therapeutics. cache/k0698625s8t.txt txt/k0698625s8t.txt