The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 75, 151-164,
Copyright, 1942, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
THE LS-ANTIGEN OF VACCINIA
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I. INHIBITION OF L- AND S-ANTIBODIES BY SUBSTANCES IN TREATED VACCINE DERMAL FILTRATE
Joseph E. Smadel M.D.1 and
Thomas M. Rivers M.D.1
1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Experimental data are presented which may be interpreted as follows. The heat-labile (L) and heat-stable (S) antigens of vaccinia occur in nature as a complex consisting of a single substance with two serologically active parts, each of which may be degraded independently of the other.
Submitted on October 21, 1941