[Rutgers University] Institute of Microbiology Annual Report: July 1, 1955 - June 30, 1956

[Rutgers University] Institute of Microbiology Annual Report: July 1, 1955 - June 30, 1956

Contributor(s):
Heidelberger, Michael
Publication:
Produced: [July 1956]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Polysaccharides
Epitopes
Cross Reactions
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Reports
Abstract:
After his retirement from Columbia University in 1954, Heidelberger spent nine years as visiting investigator and honorary professor at the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers. This report summarized his ongoing research into the polysaccharide antigens of pneumococcus and into cross reactions, the interaction of an antigen with an antibody formed against a different antigen with which the first antigen shares closely related determinants. Antigenic determinants, today often called epitopes, are sites on the surface of antigen molecules to which a single, specific antibody binds.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X141 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBJT
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X141
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)