title: The double helix and immunology.
abstract: The immune system can recognize and produce antibodies to virtually any molecule in the Universe. This enormous diversity arises from the ingenious reshuffling of DNA sequences encoding components of the immune system. Immunology is an example of a field completely transformed during the past 50 years by the discovery of the structure of DNA and the emergence of DNA technologies that followed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Gustav J V
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Nossal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000916:Antibody Diversity / Q000235:genetics*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015321:Gene Rearrangement / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D004247:DNA