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From the structure of antibodies to the diversification of the immune response

Nobel lecture, 8 December 1984

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Cuando se acerca el fin, escribió Cartaphilus,ya no quedan imágenes del recuerdo; sólo quedan palabras. Palabras, palabras desplazadas y mutiladas, palabras de otros, fue la pobre limosna que le dejaron las horas y los siglos. J. L. Borges

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Milstein, C. From the structure of antibodies to the diversification of the immune response. Biosci Rep 5, 275–297 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116899

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