immunoprecipitation

English

Etymology

From immunoprecipitate +‎ -ion.

Noun

immunoprecipitation (countable and uncountable, plural immunoprecipitations)

1. (immunology) A technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution by using an antibody, or a particular use of this technique.

   We carried out sequential immunoprecipitations of cell lysates.

Derived terms

• coimmunoprecipitation
• fluoroimmunoprecipitation
• radioimmunoprecipitation
• reimmunoprecipitation

 

Related terms

• immunoprecipitate
• precipitation
• immunoprecipitative
• immunoprecipitator

Translations

technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution

• Italian: immunoprecipitazione f
• Spanish: inmunoprecipitación f