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Electrostatic Forces in Some Hapten-Antibody Reactions

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THERE is considerable interest in explaining the high specificity characterizing many of the reactions between biomolecules, in terms of interaction forces1–3.

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  1. Department of Experimental Pathology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York, 14203

    R. REIN & G. R. PACK

  2. Center for Theoretical Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo,

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REIN, R., PACK, G. Electrostatic Forces in Some Hapten-Antibody Reactions. Nature 242, 526–527 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242526a0

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