ABG: Selected Publications
Last update: March, 28, 2006
Almagro JC, Martinez L, Smith SL, Alagon A, Estevez J, Paniagua J. (2006).
Analysis of the horse V(H) repertoire and comparison with the human IGHV germline genes, and sheep,
cattle and pig V(H) sequences. Mol Immunol. 43: 1836-1845.
(Abstract)
Hwang, W.Y., Almagro, J.C., Buss, T.N., Tan, P., Foote, J. (2005). Use of human germline genes in
a CDR homology-based approach to antibody humanization. Methods. 36: 35-42.
(Abstract)
Almagro, J.C. (2004). Identification of differences in the specificity-determining
residues of antibodies that recognize antigens of different size: implications
for the rational design of antibody repertoires. J. Mol. Recognit. 17: 132-143.
(Abstract)
Rojas, G., Almagro, J.C., Acevedo, B., Gavilondo, J.V. (2002). Phage antibody fragments library
combining a single human light chain variable region with immune mouse heavy chain
variable regions. J. Biotechnol. 94: 287-298.
(Abstract)
Manoutcharian, K., Gevorkian, G., Cano, A., Almagro, J.C. (2001). Phage displayed biomolecules
as preventive and therapeutic agents. Curr. Pharm. Biotechnol. 2: 217-223. (Review).
(Abstract)
Ramirez-Benitez, M.C., Moreno-Hagelsieb, G., Almagro, J.C. (2001). VIR.II: a new interface
with the antibody sequences in the Kabat database. Biosystems. 61: 125-131.
(Abstract)
Ramirez-Benitez, M.C., Almagro, J.C. (2001). Analysis of antibodies of known structure
suggests a lack of correspondence between residues in contact with the antigens
and those modified by somatic hypermutation. Proteins. 45: 199-206.
(Abstract)
Almagro, J.C., Hernandez, I., Ramirez, M.C., Vargas-Madrazo, E. (1998). Structural
differences between the repertoires of mouse and humans germline genes and
their evolutionary implications. Immunogenetics. 47: 355-363.
(Abstract)
Vorobjev, Y.N., Almagro, J.C., Hermans, J. (1998). Discrimination between native and intentionally misfolded
conformations of proteins: ES/IS, a new method for calculating
conformational free energy that uses both dynamics simulations with an
explicit solvent and an implicit solvent continuum model. Proteins. 32: 399-413.
(Abstract)
Almagro J.C., Hernandez, I., del Carmen Ramirez M., Vargas-Madrazo E. (1997). The
differences between the structural repertoires of VH germ-line gene segments
of mice and humans: implication for the molecular mechanism of the immune
response. Mol. Immunol. 34: 1199-1214.
(Abstract)
Lara-Ochoa, F., Almagro, J.C., Vargas-Madrazo, E., Conrad, M. (1996). Antibody-antigen
recognition: a canonical structure paradigm. J. Mol. Evol. 43: 678-684.
(Abstract)
Almagro, J.C., Dominguez-Martinez, V., Lara-Ochoa F., Vargas-Madrazo, E. (1996).
Structural repertoire in VL pseudogenes of immunoglobulins: comparison
with functional germline genes and amino acid sequences.
Immunogenetics. 43: 92-96.
(Report)
Vargas-Madrazo, E., Lara-Ochoa, F., Almagro, J.C. (1995). Canonical structures
repertoire of the antigen-binding site of immunoglobulins suggest
strong geometrical restrictions associated to the mechanism of
immune recognition. J. Mol. Biol. 254: 497-504.
(Abstract)
Vargas-Madrazo, E., Almagro, J.C., Lara-Ochoa, F. (1995). Structural repertoire
in VH pseudogenes of immunoglobulins: comparison with human germline
genes and human amino acid sequences. J. Mol. Biol. 246: 74-81.
(Abstract)
Almagro, J.C., Vargas-Madrazo, E., Lara-Ochoa, F., Horjales, E. (1995). Molecular
modeling of a T-cell receptor bound to a major histocompatibility
complex molecule: Implications for T-cell recognition.
Protein Sci. 4: 1708-1717.
(Abstract)
Almagro, J.C., Zenteno, R., Vargas-Madrazo, E., Lara-Ochoa, F. (1995). Variability
analysis of the T-cell receptors using three variability indexes.
Int. J. Pept. Protein. Res. 45: 180-186.
(Abstract)
Almagro, J.C., Vargas-Madrazo, E., Zenteno-Cuevas, R., Hernandez-Mendiola, V.,
Lara-Ochoa, F. (1995). VIR: a computational tool for analysis of immunoglobulin
sequences. Biosystems. 35: 25-32.
(Abstract)