The visible aggregation of particles caused by combination with specific antibody.
Agglutination
What are the two steps of agglutination?
sensitization - initial binding
lattic formation - formation of large aggregates
Antibodies that produce agglutination reactions.
Agglutinins
Types of particles participating in agglutination reactions include:
erythrocytes
bacteria cells
inert carriers such as latex particles
Strength of the reaction between a single antigen and a single antibody combining site.
Affinity
The overall strength of binding in between an antigen with many epitopes, and multivalent antibodies.
The sum of all attractive forces between an antigen and antibody.
Avidity
Author
Choyte02
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142833
Card Set
Immuno and Sero
Exam 2
Description
Agglutination, Labeled Immunoassays, Molecular Diagnostics and Flow Cytometer