Abstract
Summary
The reactions of porcine proinsulin and its degradation products with insulin antibodies in guinea pig anti-insulin serum can be shown to vary with the immunological system used for study. From the results obtained with two such systems it is concluded that the connecting chain of amino acids in the molecule of proinsulin must mask sites on the insulin molecule which are capable of reacting with insulin antibodies.
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