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The Molecules of the Immune System

The proteins that recognize foreign invaders are the most diverse proteins known. They are encoded by hundreds of scattered gene fragments, which can be combined in mlllions or blllions of ways

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 253 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Molecules of the Immune System” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 253 No. 4 (), p. 122
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1085-122