[LAB] Precipitation Flashcards
INTERACTION BETWEEN A SOLUBLE ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODY IN CORRECT PROPORTIONS RESULTING IN A VISIBLE INSOLUBLE COMLEX
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITINOGEN
ANTIGEN
PRECIPITIN
ANTIBODY
PRECIPITATE
INSOLUBLE COMPLEX FORMED
IS THERE STILL LATICE FORMATION IN A PRECIPITATION REACTION
YES
STAGES OF PRECIPITATION
SENSITIZATION
LATTICE FORMATION
IG THAT IS BETTER AT PRECIPITATING AB
IGG
IG THAT IS BETTER AT AGGLUTINATING AB
IGM
NON PRECIPITATING IG
IGE
IGD
ORDER OF BEST PRECIPITINS
MOST TO LEAST
IGG
IGM
IGA
FOR LATTICE FORMATION TO OCCUR, THE AG AND AB HAVE TO AT LEAST BE
BIVALENT
TEMPERATURE AT WHICH RAPID PRECIPITATION OCCURS
40-45C
TEMPERATURE FOR COMPLETE PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR
0-4C
PH AT WHICH PRECIPITATION REACTIONS OCCUR
PH 6-7.5
EFFECT OF SALT ON THE SOLUBILITY OF AG-AB COMPLEXES
INCREASES SOLUBILITY
SALT CONCENTRATION USED TO INCREASE SOLUBILITY
1.5 M
RELATIONSHIP OF AVIDITY AND DISSOCIATION
THE HIGHER THE AVIDITY OF THE AB
THE LESSER THE TENDENCY TO DISSOCIATE AND DISSOLVE
RATIO OF ANTIGEN DILUTION TO ANTIBODY DILUTION
EQUIVALENCE POINT
POINT AT WHICH THERE IS LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION
ZONE OF EQUIVALENCE
RATIO OF AG TO AB WHERE REACTION IS MOST RAPID
OPTIMUM PROPORTION
ZONE OF ANTIGEN EXCESS
PROZONE
ZONE OF INHIBITION
ZONE IN WHICH THE SUPERNATANT CONTAINS FREE ANTIGENS
PROZONE
ZONE OF INHIBITION
ZONE IN WHICH THE SUPERNATANT CONTAINS FREE ANTIGENS
POSTZONE
ZONE OF ANTIBODY EXCESS
POSTZONE