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Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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The schematic structures resulting from 3D domain swapping of the variable region #4VL (yellow) in the light chain #4C214A (yellow and light gray) of an antibody. The light chain of the antibody was found to maintain an equilibrium between monomeric and tetrameric states.

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Shun Hirota and Takahiro Sakai

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