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Fluorescence Polarization

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Definition: Measurement of the polarization of fluorescent light from solutions or microscopic specimens. It is used to provide information concerning molecular size, shape, and conformation, molecular anisotropy, electronic energy transfer, molecular interaction, including dye and coenzyme binding, and the antigen-antibody reaction.  determ of polarization of fluorescent light: do not confuse with FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY, its application to hapten-antibody reaction; NIM   
Examples Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay 		Other names Polarization, Fluorescence; Fluorescence Anisotropy; Anisotropy, Fluorescence; Polarizations, Fluorescence; Fluorescence Polarizations; Fluorescence Anisotropies; Anisotropies, Fluorescence

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