FINALS - IMMUNOASSAY 2 Flashcards
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agglutination means there will be a formation of
large complexes
What would be the particular antibody involved when
it comes to the agglutination reactions
IgM
Many of the immunoassays right now are based on those
principle of __ AND ___ reaction
agglutination and precipitation
Immunoassays have been developed to detect either __ or ___, and they vary from easily performed manual tests to highly complex automated assays.
antigen or antibody
is the initial force of attraction that exists
between a SINGLE FAB SITE on an antibody molecule and a SINGLE EPITOPE or determinant site on the corresponding
antigen
affinity
how antige and antibody binds? through ___
non covalent bond
Antibodies are capable of reacting with antigens that
are structurally similar to the original antigen that
induced antibody production.
This is known as ___
CROSS-REACTIVITY
The strength of attraction depends on the ___
of antibody for a particular antigen.
specificity
represents the sum of all the attractive forces
between an antigen and an antibody.
Avidity
This involves the strength with which a multivalent antibody binds a multivalent antigen, and it is a measure of the overall stability of an
antigen–antibody complex
avidity
it is the forces that keeps the molecules together. We need to stabilized the antigen-antibody
complex that would be the mechanisms of
the ___.
avidity
A high avidity can actually compensate for a __
low affinity
Stability of the antigen–antibody complex is essential to detecting the presence of _____, whether it
is antigen or antibody.
an unknown
antigen and antibody binding is
affinity
satbilization of antigen antibody binding
avidity
what is the requirement for the precipitation reaction?
equal or proportion strength of affinity and avidity
The precipitation reaction will be depending on the ___ of antigen and antibody
relative porportion
precipitation curve is also known as
precipitin curve
the optimum precipitation or the precipitin
curve that we have occurs in the ___in
which the number of the multivalence sites of the antigen-antibody are approximately equal
zone of
equivalence
in the zone of equivalence, the precipitation reaction may be declined on the
other side of that particular equivalence zone due to the excess of either antigen or antibody
rthat is what we called as
PROZONE and POST ZONE
excess antibody
prozone
his phenomenon of
Antigen combines with only one or two antibody molecules
and cross linkages are formed that would be the ___.
prozone
excess antigens
postzone
In this case every
available antibody site is bound in a single antigen and no
cross-links are formed
POSTZONE