Inhibition of Antigen-Antibody Reactions by Aminocarboxylic Acids
William A. Atchley 1 and
N. V. Bhagavan 1
1 Cancer Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 22
Aliphatic aminocarboxylic acids inhibit at least two different antigen-antibody reactions. The degree of inhibition depends upon carbon chain length and the position of the amino group in relation to the carboxyl group.