Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine: The condition when immunoprecipitation reactions occur.

Introduction: Immunoprecipitation technique is utilized to determine the soluble antigens called precipitins that can react to the antibodies. This reaction is seen when bivalent (having two different binding sites) or multivalent (having multiple binding sites) antibodies are mixed in appropriate proportions with the antigens.

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