[Sca-cooks] Hatpins?

[Griffin, Pat # PHXMED]

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Avraham wrote:


> Any REAL biochemists on this list?  Anybody know how long a peptide
> has to be before it can conceivably be an allergen?

Well, I was, before I became an MD.... and the standard teaching is that a
peptide chain of fewer than 4 or 5 is too small to be a hapten.

Avraham

Well, I guess 4 or 5 molecules would be too small to be an EFFECTIVE
hatpin... have to be a reeeeely tiny hat, I guess...

Mordonna



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