Antibody vs Immunoaffinity - What's the difference?
antibody | immunoaffinity |
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
(biochemistry, noun adjunct) The specific chemical affinity between an antibody, or antibody domain, and an antigen
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As nouns the difference between antibody and immunoaffinity
is that antibody is (immunology) a protein produced by b-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen while immunoaffinity is (biochemistry|noun adjunct) the specific chemical affinity between an antibody, or antibody domain, and an antigen.antibody
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(wikipedia antibody)Noun
(antibodies)Synonyms
* immunoglobulinimmunoaffinity
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Noun
(-)- an immunoaffinity column
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