Abstract
PROTEIN tagged with radioactive iodine (iodine-131) is proving useful in immunological research because of its ready detectability1. Also the firm substitution of the iodine in the tyrosine molecule renders conclusions based on the occurrence of radioactivity in the tissues more acceptable as evidence of the presence of the antigen or its partial breakdown products than has been the case with arsenic and dye tracers2. The application of various methods including paper chromatography to the study of the fate of iodinated antigens has produced results which appear of general interest.
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LAWS, J. Fate of Radioactive Protein in the Animal Body. Nature 167, 820–821 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167820b0
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