Agglutination (biology)
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agglutination-biology-165-18998339
title:
Agglutination (biology)
text:
Agglutination is the clumping of particles. The word agglutination comes from the Latin agglutinare. Agglutination is a reaction in which particles suspended in a liquid collect into clumps usually as a response to a specific antibody. This occurs in biology in two main examples:
- The clumping of cells such as bacteria or red blood cells in the presence of an antibody or complement. The antibody or other molecule binds multiple particles and joins them, creating a large complex. This increase
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Type of antibody response
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination_(biology)
date created:
2005-10-18T07:59:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T16:56:20Z
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