abstract |
Methods of providing hybrid antibodies having improved assembly characteristics are disclosed. Accordingly, the present invention provides hybrid antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, which include a chimeric immunoglobulin heavy chain and a humanized or CDR-grafted immunoglobulin light chain, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids encoding the aforesaid antibodies, host cells and vectors containing such nucleic acids. Therapeutic and diagnostic uses of such hybrid antibodies molecules thereof are also disclosed. |