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. 1972 Jan;69(1):228–232. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.1.228

Homogeneous Antibody Elicited with Dinitrophenyl-Gramicidin-S

Paul C Montgomery *, John H Rockey †, Alan R Williamson ‡
PMCID: PMC427581  PMID: 4536669

Abstract

Rabbit antibody to dinitrophenyl hapten has been elicited by hyperimmunization with a bifunctional cyclic decapeptide antigen, di-dinitrophenyl-gramicidin-S. Examination of the induced antibody by isoelectric focusing, and Sipsian analysis of the haptenbinding data, demonstrated that di-dinitrophenyl-gramicidin-S was capable of stimulating and maintaining the production of a biosynthetically homogeneous antibody in the adult animal.

Keywords: rabbit, isoelectric focusing

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