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Each antibody is pretty specific. The immune system makes lots of different ones, even in response to a single foreign protein. The goal here is probably more
by maxerickson 5y ago
Each antibody is pretty specific. The immune system makes lots of different ones, even in response to a single foreign protein.
The goal here is probably more characterization than discovery. For instance, here's a higher up Google result for "antibody heterogeneity" published in 1966:
https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/209100 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/209100
- wombatpm 5y agoDeveloping and isolating monoclonal antibodies against a single protein was a major advance. And even those have multiple binding sites