Medical Definition of Immunoprecipitation
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The precipitation of a multivalent antigen by a bivalent antibody, resulting in the formation of a large complex. The antibody and antigen must be soluble. Precipitation usually occurs when there is near equivalence between antibody and antigen concentrations.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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