Antibody — Immunoglobulin redirects here. For the immunoglobulin family, see Immunoglobulin superfamily. Antibodies redirects here. For the film, see Antibodies (film). Each antibody binds to a specific antigen; an interaction similar to a lock and key. An… … Wikipedia
method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a … Medical dictionary
antibody screening — a method of determining the presence and amount of anti HLA antibodies in the serum of a potential allograft recipient: aliquots of the recipient s serum are mixed with a panel of leukocytes from well characterized cell donors and complement is… … Medical dictionary
monoclonal antibody — Biotech. antibody produced by a laboratory grown cell clone, either of a hybridoma or a virus transformed lymphocyte, that is more abundant and uniform than natural antibody and is able to bind specifically to a single site on almost any chosen… … Universalium
Neutralizing antibody — Standard antibody representation. Properties Protein Type Immunoglobin Function Neutralization of Antigens Production White B cells … Wikipedia
Single-domain antibody — Ribbon diagram of a llama VHH domain. The extended CDR3 loop is coloured orange. A single domain antibody (sdAb, called Nanobody by Ablynx, the developer[1]) is an antibody fragment consisting … Wikipedia
Direct fluorescent antibody — Direct FA stained mouse brain impression smear reveals the presence of the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. 400X. Direct fluorescent antibody (DFA or dFA) (also known as Direct immunofluorescence [1]) is a laboratory test that uses antibodies … Wikipedia
Colorimetry (chemical method) — This article is about a chemical measurement method. For more general color measurement, see Colorimetry. Not to be confused with Calorimetry. A Duboscq colorimeter, 1870, which allowed visual comparison of the absorptions in two columns of… … Wikipedia
absorption method — the separate and selective removal of agglutinins from specific immune sera by the addition of homologous particulate antigen(s) (e.g., bacterial cells or red blood cells) to the immune sera, or by the passage of specific immune sera through… … Medical dictionary
precipitation — 1. The process of formation of a solid previously held in solution or suspension in a liquid. 2. The phenomenon of clumping of proteins in serum produced by the addition of a specific precipitin. [see … Medical dictionary
NeuN — Antibody staining for Fox 3/NeuN in the adult rat cerebellum in green. The Fox 3/NeuN antibody binds to the small cerebellar granule cells. In contrast antibody to the close relative of Fox 3/NeuN, Fox 2, is shown in red. Fox 2 antibody stains… … Wikipedia