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antibody structure human B cell antigen, antibody, and lymphocyte variable and constant domains of an antibody classes of antibodies Figure 1: The basic four-chain unit of a human immunoglobulin molecule. Figure 2: A human immunoglobulin molecule showing the domains present in the light (L) and heavy (H) chains. schematic representation of proteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily diagram of the hinge region of an antibody molecule
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Also Known As Ig • immunoglobulin

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antibody structure
human B cell
antigen, antibody, and lymphocyte
variable and constant domains of an antibody
classes of antibodies
Figure 1: The basic four-chain unit of a human immunoglobulin molecule.
Figure 2: A human immunoglobulin molecule showing the domains present in the light (L) and heavy (H) chains.
schematic representation of proteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily
diagram of the hinge region of an antibody molecule
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Gregory P. Winter
British biochemst
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Gerald Maurice Edelman
Gerald Maurice Edelman
American physical chemist
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
Rodney Robert Porter
British biochemist

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