IMMUNOLOGY

Human antibody. How can we make 100s of millions of different antibodies with only thousands of genes if the general rule is one gene per protein? How are antibodies able to distinguish self from other?

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Two Important Proteins

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IgG	MHC
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• Paul Reisberg preisberg@wellesley.edu
• Chemistry Department
• Date Created: September 22, 1997
• Last Modified: November 4, 1999
• Expires: August 30, 2000