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Evolutionary Origin of Antibody Specificity

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Molecular Anthropology

Part of the book series: Advances in Primatology ((AIPR))

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Expressions like “immunological learning” and “immunological memory” indicate that the mechanism of antibody formation has always been considered to be a very peculiar problem of protein synthesis. The capacity of the immune system to respond to an enormous number of antigens, even to antigens which normally do not exist in nature, has made it difficult to believe that the specificities of antibodies are genetically determined in the same way that the specificities of the proteins are.

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  1. Max Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, West Germany

    N. Hilschmann, H. Kratzin, P. Altevogt, E. Ruban, A. Kortt, C. Staroscik, R. Scholz, W. Palm, H. U. Barnikol, S. Barnikol-Watanabe, J. Bertram, J. Horn, M. Engelhard, M. Schneider & L. Dreker

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    Morris Goodman

  2. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Richard E. Tashian

  3. University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Jeanne H. Tashian

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Hilschmann, N. et al. (1976). Evolutionary Origin of Antibody Specificity. In: Goodman, M., Tashian, R.E., Tashian, J.H. (eds) Molecular Anthropology. Advances in Primatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8783-5_19

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