Letter from A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to Michael Heidelberger

Letter from A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to Michael Heidelberger

Contributor(s):
Pappenheimer, A. M. (Alwin Max), 1908-1995
Heidelberger, Michael
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine
Publication:
Produced: 23 October 1940
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Antibodies
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
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.
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X207 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBND
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X207
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)