Antibody: the flexible adaptor molecule.
Antibodies are flexible adaptor molecules linking target and potential killer i.e. antigen and effector. With the discovery of effector binding sites on antibodies we can begin to visualize at the molecular level how this adaptor role is fulfilled.
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Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, University, Sheffield, UK.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions / Q000276:immunology; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody / Q000502:physiology; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D000906:Antibodies; D003165:Complement System Proteins