Stewart P L, Nemerow G R
Dept of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine 90095-1770, USA.
Trends Microbiol. 1997 Jun;5(6):229-33. doi: 10.1016/S0966-842X(97)01049-4.
Structural studies of virus-antibody interactions can offer insights into mechanisms of virus neutralization and immune escape. Crystallography and cryoelectron microscopy can reveal the structural relationship between receptor-binding sites and neutralization epitopes, as well as whether molecular rearrangements occur upon antibody binding.