Letter from Michael Heidelberger to A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X208
Dates
- 31 October 1940
Extent
2 Pages
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
DHBBNF
Physical Description
Physical Condition - Good
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection Collecting Area
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