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The Precipitation Reaction: Experiments on Multiple Zones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. L. Taylor  and
Muriel E. Adair
G. L. Taylor
Affiliation:
John Lucas Walker Students, From the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
Muriel E. Adair
Affiliation:
John Lucas Walker Students, From the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
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1. An antiserum containing antibodies for two unrelated antigens, crystalline egg albumin and crystalline horse serum albumin, has been prepared.

2. In titrations of the antiserum against mixtures of these antigens it has been possible to produce a single zone or two zones of optimal particulation by varying the relative concentrations of the components in the antigenic mixtures. It is evident, therefore, that whilst (a) a single zone does not necessarily indicate a single antigen-antibody system, (b) multiple zones suggest the presence of more than one antigen-antibody system.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , May 1935 , pp. 169 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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