Open AccessFactors affecting the antigen-antibody reaction.
Author(s) -
Roberto Reverberi,
L Reverberi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1723-2007
DOI - 10.2450/2007.0047-07
Subject(s) - antigen , antibody , covalent bond , antigen antibody complex , chemistry , immunology , medicine , organic chemistry
The antigen-antibody reaction is widely used in laboratory diagnostics, including immunohaematology. It is a reversible chemical reaction: antigen+antibody⇄antigen-antibody complex (1) The forces joining the antigen-antibody complex are not strong covalent bonds but weaker bonds, appropriately named “weak interactions”1.
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