IUBio

on-rate vs. off-rate

Mike Clark mrc7 at cam.ac.uk
Fri Feb 4 11:56:52 EST 2000


In article <ant0416230b0Pk=+ at mrc7acorn1.path.cam.ac.uk>, Mike Clark
<URL:mailto:mrc7 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
[snip]


> In text books and papers you frequently read that monoclonal antibodies
> usually have affinities of 100 mM or above. 
                                       ^^^^^    

 [snip]

Whoops there goes a classic mistake in mixing ideas of association and
dissociation constants!

should have been 'have affinities [measured with dissociation constants] of
100mM or below'


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