Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Manfred M. Mayer, Johns Hopkins University

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Manfred M. Mayer, Johns Hopkins University

Contributor(s):
Heidelberger, Michael
Mayer, Manfred M.
Johns Hopkins University
Publication:
Produced: 13 July 1948
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Complement System Proteins
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In this letter to Mayer, his former graduate student and collaborator in his research on complement, Heidelberger offered comments on the draft of an article by Mayer on the kinetics (the rate and process) of hemolysis, the rupture of the membrane of red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the release of hemoglobin, caused, in Mayer's experiments, by antibodies in the form of complement-dependent lysis (rupture). Complement, a complex system of over twenty serum proteins, plays an essential enzymatic role in host defense mechanisms against invading organisms.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X170 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBLK
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X170
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)