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Immunoprecipitation
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Definition
: The aggregation of soluble ANTIGENS with ANTIBODIES, alone or with antibody binding factors such as ANTI-ANTIBODIES or STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A, into complexes large enough to fall out of solution.
See Also
Antigen-Antibody Complex
Examples
Precipitin Tests
Other names
Precipitations, Immune; Precipitation, Immune; Immune Precipitations; Co-
Immunoprecipitations; Co Immunoprecipitation; Immune Precipitation; Co-
Immunoprecipitation