The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: Third Paper

The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: Third Paper

Contributor(s):
Heidelberger, Michael
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955
Goebel, Walther Friedrich, 1899-1993
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Publication:
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 1925
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumococcal Infections
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
In this important article, Avery and Heidelberger continued their work on identifying the substance that caused each type of pneumococcus to elicit a unique immune response. Here, they determined that Type I and Type II pneumococcus strains contained chemically distinct polysaccharides, thus indicating that these unique polysaccharides were in fact the antigenic substance that determined the different levels of virulence among types of pneumococcus.
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Extent:
19 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X5 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBBG
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X5
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)