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Letter from A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to Michael Heidelberger

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Identifier: 101584940X207
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Dates

  • Creation: 23 October 1940

Extent

2 pages

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Description

In this exchange of letters Heidelberger and Pappenheimer discussed hypotheses and evidence regarding the location of the sites at which antibody molecules (later shown to be Y-shaped) bind to antigens. One hypothesis, proposed by the preeminent physical chemist Linus Pauling and discussed in this letter, held that these binding sites were located at the ends of a symmetrical molecule.

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English

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DHBBND

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UI (NLM)

DHBBNF

Physical Description

Physical Condition - Good

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