Protein Details

Hei,

I’ve decided on immunoglobulin for my molecule, since I got quite familiar with it in an immunology class and have been amazed by its versatility.  I think I’d like to model IGG, as it is involved in active immune responses and can be transferred from a mother to an unborn infant; IGA and IGM are polymeric and wouldn’t work as well, IGD is only produced by naive B-cells and isn’t as exciting, and IGE causes allergies. 

I’m not sure about the medium yet.  Since I work with garter snakes I’m trying to figure out how to work snake sheds into it.  Which brings me to my design idea- I’m working on a way to blend these two images:

 

~Anna

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