The Immune System: Genes Receptors, Signals provides information pertinent to the complexity of immune mechanisms. This book describes the immune response genes and products, which point to another multigene system controlling immune responsiveness. Organized into 37 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the details of antibody structure that continue to be of importance to an understanding of the regulation of the immune reactions. This text then examines the evidence that individual antibody species are capable of binding many structurally dissimilar haptens. Other chapters consider the conceptual framework generally accepted by immunologists, which states that antibodies are specific for the antigen used to elicit the immune response. This book discusses as well the mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of antibody binding sites, which is unprecedented in its adaptability. The final chapter deals with the genetic controls of specific immune responses. This book is a valuable resource for immunologists and research workers.

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Front Cover
The Immune System Genes, Receptors, Signals
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1. ANTIBODY STRUCTURE AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
CHAPTER 2. THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ANTIGEN BINDING SITE OF McPC 603 PROTEIN
CHAPTER 3. KINETIC MAPPING OF ANTIBODY BINDING SITES
CHAPTER 4. MULTISPECIFICITY OF THE ANTIBODY COMBINING REGION AND ANTIBODY DIVERSITY
CHAPTER 5. POLYFUNCTIONAL ANTIBODY COMBINING REGIONS
CHAPTER 6. A STUDY OF V REGION GENES USING ALLOTYPIC AND IDIOTYPIC MARKERS
CHAPTER 7. FIRST ORDER CONSIDERATIONS IN ANALYZING THE GENERATOR OF DIVERSITY
CHAPTER 8. ANTIBODY DIVERSITY: AN ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 9. MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE IMMUNOGLOBULIN
CHAPTER 10. ALLOANTISERUM INDUCED BLOCKADE OF IR GENE PRODUCT FUNCTION
CHAPTER 11. FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF la (IMMUNE RESPONSE REGION ASSOCIATED) ANTIGEN MOLECULES
CHAPTER 12. RECEPTORS FOR ANTIGEN ON "B, T, B-T AND NUL" LYMPHOCYTES IN NORMAL AND "NUDE" MICE
CHAPTER 13. CYTOPHILIC PROPERTIES OF T LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED IMMUNOGLOBULINS
CHAPTER 14. IN-VITRO BIOSYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR ARRANGEMENT OF SURFACE IMMUNOGLOBUL IN OF MOUSE THYMUS CELLS
CHAPTER 15. THE LYMPHOCYTE PLASMA MEMBRANE
CHAPTER 16. PROBING LYMPHOCYTE MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 17. POLYCLONAL MITOGENS AND THE NATURE OF B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MECHANISMS
CHAPTER 18. THE ORGANIZATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENES
CHAPTER 19. QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF THE mRNA FOR H-CHAIN IMMUNOGLOBULIN
CHAPTER 20. MUTATIONS IN MOUSE MYELOMA CELLS
CHAPTER 21. SPONTANEOUS MUTATION IN IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENES
CHAPTER 22. BIOGRAPHY OF THE B CELL
CHAPTER 23. THE GENERATION OF DIVERSITY WITHIN SINGLE CLONES OF ANTIBODY-FORMING CELLS
CHAPTER 24. B MEMORY CELLS IN THE PROPOGATION OF STABLE CLONES OF ANTIBODY FORMING CELLS
CHAPTER 25. ANTIGEN DEPENDANCE OF CLONAL MEMORY
CHAPTER 26. REGULATION OF THE ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO TYPE III PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE BY THYMIC-DERIVED CELLS
CHAPTER 27. THYMOCYTE SUBPOPULATION WITH SUPPRESSIVE ACTIVITY
CHAPTER 28. SUPPRESSOR T CELLS IN LOW ZONE TOLERANCE
CHAPTER 29. ANTIBODY INDUCED SUPPRESSOR T-CELLS
CHAPTER 30. T CELL REGULATION: THE "SECOND LAW OF THYMODYNAMICS"
CHAPTER 31. T CELL FACTORS IN THE REGULATION OF THE B CELL RESPONSE
CHAPTER 32. ANTIGEN SPECIFIC T CELL FACTORS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE REGULATION OF T-B INTERACTION
CHAPTER 33. THE NATURE OF THE SIGNALS REQUIRED FOR THE INDUCTION OF ANTIBODY SYNTHESIS
CHAPTER 34. IDIOTYPIC RECEPTORS FOR ALLOANTIGEN ON T CELLS
CHAPTER 35. MANIPULATION OF A TOLERANT STATE: CELLS AND SIGNALS
CHAPTER 36. THE ROLE OF HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE PRODUCTS IN COOPERATIVE CELL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN T AND B LYMPHOCYTES
CHAPTER 37. Ir GENES AND ANTIGEN RECOGNITION

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