... the numbering of the amino-acid sequences of immunoglobulins and the definition of their CDR loops, as described from 1997 [13]. The number-ing and definition of the L-CDR3 and H-CDR3 loops of mAb4E11 ... segment, and the VH-D, D-JH, and VL-JLjunctions [17]. They are located at the center of the antibody combining site [18,19] and provide the major part of the free energy of interaction with the ... 1).Kinetics of the interactionTo analyse the contributions of the residues in the CDR3 loops to the kinetics of interaction between the Fab4E11-H6 fragment and its MalE-E3-H6 antigen,we measured the...