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The oldest antibodies newly discovered

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Lamprey monoclonal antibodies provide stable and high-avidity alternatives to immunoglobulins.

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Figure 1: Assembly of lamprey variable lymphocyte receptors (VLRs), compared with the V(D)J-rearrangement that gives rise to mammalian antibodies.

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  1. Zeev Pancer is at the Center of Marine Biotechnology and Roy A. Mariuzza is at the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, both Centers of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA. pancer@comb.umbi.umd.edu,

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Pancer, Z., Mariuzza, R. The oldest antibodies newly discovered. Nat Biotechnol 26, 402–403 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0408-402

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