Publisher Summary The immunoglobulins are a large family of structurally related proteins
secreted by plasma cells. Plasma cells are normally differentiated so that each cell is usually
restricted to making immunoglobulin with only a single VL and VH region. This chapter
reviews to the immunochemical propeities of the antigen-binding myeloma proteins
(AgBMP) of BALB/c mice. Moreover, the chapter is concerned exclusively with myeloma
proteins from one experimental and genetic origin, the plasmacytomas that are induced in …