immunoselection
nounEtymology From immuno- + selection.
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Immunology, Medicine, Sciences selection of cell lines according to their resistance to antibodies.
- 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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- Immunoselection involves the use of an antibody or a collection of antibodies.2003, Maurizio Federico, Lentivirus Gene Engineering Protocols, page 125:
- Related terms
- immunoselective