The Miocene magmatic intrusion in the Tavşanlı zone of the Kütahya-Bolkardağ Belt (KBB) in the northwestern region of Turkey is represented by the Eğrigöz granitoids. This paper studies the petrology and geochemistry of hydrothermal alterations associated with the vein-type Cu-Pb-Zn mineralization hosted by this pluton, focusing on the determination of the mass gains and losses of chemical comp...

The vertebrate immune response employs two categories of cells that react specifically with antigens: B lymphocytes react with soluble antigens and T lymphocytes react with antigens that are present on cell surfaces. The receptor molecules that mediate these specific immune responses have similar heterodimeric structures: light (L) and heavy(H) polypeptides for immunoglobulins serve as the anti...

The Atacama Desert, on the western margin of Central Andes, hosts some world's largest porphyry copper deposits (PCDs). Despite a hyperarid climate, many these PCDs have undergone secondary “supergene” enrichment, whereby has been concentrated via groundwater-driven leaching and reprecipitation, yielding supergene profiles containing valuable records weathering landscape evolution. We combine h...

Both carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) belong to the immunoglobulin supergene family and have been demonstrated to function as homotypic Ca(++)-independent intercellular adhesion molecules. CEA and NCAM cannot associate heterotypically indicating that they have different binding specificities. To define the domains of CEA involved in homotypic interaction, ...