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

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

Contributor(s):
Heidelberger, Michael
Pappenheimer, A. M. (Alwin Max), 1908-1995
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine
Publication:
Produced: 31 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:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X208 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBNF
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X208
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)