What Else Can the Immune System Recognize?

Fullerenes and their application to immunochemistry are discussed. Fullerenes and the immune system's ability to bond to any chemical species, natural or synthetic, are a natural subject for combined study.

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 1998-09, Vol.95 (20), p.11509-11510
Main Authors: Izhaky, David, Pecht, Israel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibody Specificity
Antigens
Antigens - chemistry
Binding sites
Binding Sites, Antibody
Carbon - chemistry
Carbon - immunology
Cholesterol - chemistry
Cholesterol - immunology
Cholesterols
Commentary
Crystallization
Crystals
Fullerenes
Haptens
Immune system
Immune System - chemistry
Immunization
Immunochemistry
Immunoglobulin Variable Region
Molecular biology
Molecules
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Summary:Fullerenes and their application to immunochemistry are discussed. Fullerenes and the immune system's ability to bond to any chemical species, natural or synthetic, are a natural subject for combined study.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.95.20.11509