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Illustration of the process of antibody formation. July 12 - 17, 1948.

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Image extracted from a glass plate display, "Pictures of Antibodies," prepared for the First International Poliomyelitis Conference, New York. Captions read, counter-clockwise from top left: "A gamma-globulin peptide chain just synthesized and beginning to fold."; "The ends of the chain fold into structures complementary to portions of the antigen."; "The chain continues to coil and forms a completed antibody molecule."; "Finally the antibody will dissociate from the antigen and float away."

Creator: Roger Hayward, Linus Pauling

Date: July 12 - 17, 1948
Genre: illustrations
ID: sci7.002.1-left
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