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The structure of human immunoglobulin Fab′ fragment has been elucidated at a resolution of 6 Å. There are two globular subunits, which presumably correspond to the variable and constant regions of the heavy and light polypeptide chains of immunoglobulins
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POLJAK, R., AMZEL, L., AVEY, H. et al. Structure of Fab New at 6 Å Resolution. Nature New Biology 235, 137–140 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio235137a0
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