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Distinct PD-L1 binding characteristics of therapeutic monoclonal antibody durvalumab

  • Shuguang Tan 1 ,
  • Kefang Liu 2,3 ,
  • Yan Chai 1 ,
  • Catherine W.-H. Zhang 4 ,
  • Shan Gao 5 ,
  • George F. Gao 1,2,3 ,
  • Jianxun Qi , 1
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  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing 102206, China
  • 3. College of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
  • 4. ImmuFuCell Biotechnology Co.Ltd., Beijing 100102, China
  • 5. CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-medical Diagnostic, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China

Published date: 01 Mar 2018

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Shuguang Tan , Kefang Liu , Yan Chai , Catherine W.-H. Zhang , Shan Gao , George F. Gao , Jianxun Qi . Distinct PD-L1 binding characteristics of therapeutic monoclonal antibody durvalumab[J]. Protein & Cell, 2018 , 9(1) : 135 -139 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-017-0412-8

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