Edelman's view on the discovery of antibodies

Immunology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 72-75

  Ribatti, Domenico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody; Clonal selection theory; History of medicine; Immune globulins

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; PAPAIN; PARAPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ANTIGEN BINDING; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMICAL BOND; DISSOCIATION; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN GENE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ART; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84924620926     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: 18790542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2015.02.005     Document Type: Review

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