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Antibody alterations

Nature volume 412, pages 870–871 (2001)Cite this article

In an immune response, antibody molecules are altered so they can bind to intruders more strongly. Some of the molecules that determine which alteration process predominates have now been tracked down.

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Martin, A., Scharff, M. Antibody alterations. Nature 412, 870–871 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35091184

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