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Importance of dynamic properties of idiotopes in interactions with anti-Id antibodies
E W Voss1, K M Weidner, L K Denzin
1Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
The concept of fluctuating conformational substates in equilibrium characterizing variable-regions of immunoglobulin idiotypes is discussed in terms of the dynamic properties of idiotopes and their stabilization upon interactions with anti-idiotope antibodies. Uniquely, polyclonal anti-Id antibodies are viewed in cooperative immobilizing interactions with the idiotopes thereby facilitating formation of stable complexes.
The concept of fluctuating conformational substates in equilibrium characterizing variable-regions of immunoglobulin idiotypes is discussed in terms of the dynamic properties of idiotopes and their stabilization upon interactions with anti-idiotope antibodies. Uniquely, polyclonal anti-Id antibodies are viewed in cooperative immobilizing interactions with the idiotopes thereby facilitating formation of stable complexes.