Abstract
Antibody molecules, or “immunoglobulins”, have been recognized only in vertebrates and all are found to have a fundamentally similar structure consisting of two heavy and two light peptide chains. Recent studies of the amino-acid sequences of these chains are of interest in relation to the chemical basis of antibody specificity, the evolution of immunoglobulins and the genetic control of antibody synthesis.
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COHEN, S., MILSTEIN, C. Structure of Antibody Molecules. Nature 214, 449–452 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214449a0
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