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Antibody: the flexible adaptor molecule

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Abstract

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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