Letter from A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to Michael Heidelberger
Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X207
Dates
- 23 October 1940
Extent
2 Pages
Creator
- University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine (Creator, Organization)
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.
Language of Materials
English
Original Profiles System Identifier
DHBBND
Physical Description
Physical Condition - Good
Creator
- University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine (Creator, Organization)
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection Collecting Area
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