Letter from Linus Pauling to Michael Heidelberger
Dates
- Creation: 21 June 1940
Extent
1 pages
Description
In this letter Linus Pauling, the world's preeminent physical chemist at the time, asked Heidelberger to comment on a hypothesis regarding the chemical structure of antibodies and the location of the sites at which they bind to antigens Pauling had developed. Pauling's article was published as "A Theory of the Structure and Process of Formation of Antibodies" in the Journal of the American Chemical Society 62 (1940), pp. 2643-2657.
Language of Materials
English
Original Profiles System Identifier
DHBBNH
Physical Description
Physical Condition - Good
Subject
- Heidelberger, Michael (Recipient, Person)
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area
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Bldg 38/1E-21, MSC 3819
Bethesda MD 20894 US
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