Studies on biological characteristics of antibody produced in vitro.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Biology. |
Degree: | MS. |
Year: | 1963 |
Keywords: | Bacteriology and Immunology. |
Record ID: | 1526231 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile115149.pdf |
In recent years, the study of antibody synthesis in vitro has aroused considerable interest. Not only does it enable the immunologists to study the phenomenon of antibody formation at a cellular level, free from various factors often associated in a whole body, but also it serves as a model for biochemists in the study of biosynthesis of a specific protein. An antigen is a complex molecule, and very often it contains more than one determinant group that can elicit antibody response. The antibody thus demonstrated in an in vitro system against a microbial antigen cannot necessarily be equated with a measure of immunity against the infection.