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Nanobodies are single domain antibodies produced from camelids by immunization with a target antigen, similar to the process used in mice and rabbits for traditional antibody generation. However, because of the single heavy chain found in camelid antibodies, cDNAs can be generated from this single domain which can then be expressed recombinantly. This opens up a wide variety of applications that are not tenable with traditional IgG, IgM, or Fab antibodies.