immunoselection

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noun

selection of cell lines according to their resistance to antibodies.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounimmunoselection (plural immunoselections)

plural immunoselections

  1. immunologyselection of cell lines according to their resistance to antibodies.

    Immunoselection involves the use of an antibody or a collection of antibodies.

    2003, Maurizio Federico, Lentivirus Gene Engineering Protocols, page 125
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    They have beautifully demonstrated the existence of an 'immunoselection', i.e. the preferential survival of less antigenic cell types in the foreign environment.

    1957, Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology, number 11, page 313

    Thus, immunoselection of neoplastic leukocytes, both away from and back to the H-2-specific diploid genotype, can be experimentally controlled through the use of appropriate hosts.

    1957, John W. Rebuck, The Leukemias: Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment, page 108

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