An Antigen is a substance, which, when introduced parenterally into an animal, induces the production of a specific serum globulin which has the unique property of combining specifically with the antigen. Most proteins are antigenic, but antigenicity is not confined only to proteins. Thus, conjugated proteins (Felton, 1934), polysaccharides (Avery, et al 1931), and lipids (Boivin et al, 1935) have shown to be antigenic. One can not state unequivocally what physical and chemical characteristics make a substance antigenic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115150 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Leure-duPree, Alphonse. |
| Contributors | Leblond, C. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
Page generated in 0.009 seconds