In <1994Nov9.155909.1 at cc.newcastle.edu.au> mdcabl at cc.newcastle.edu.au writes:
>Also, how did we get the silly
>nomenclature for pepsin digests of IgG. F(ab')2 looks like a calculus problem.
>I think F= fragment and ab=antigen binding but what's the prime symbol for?
The prime is there (I think) just for showing that the fragment is slightly
different from the papain fragment F(ab), ie. it includes the cysteine
that forms the heavy-heavy disulfide.
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Martti.Tolvanen at helsinki.fi Dept. Biochem. Univ. Helsinki, Finland
For more info: finger tolvanen at kruuna.helsinki.fi
