immunoselection
immunoselection noun: selection of cell lines according to their resistance to antibodies.
Noun
immunoselection (plural immunoselections)
- 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
Forms of immunoselection
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Origin of immunoselection
From immuno- + selection.
Questions about immunoselection
- What does immunoselection mean?
- Immunoselection means selection of cell lines according to their resistance to antibodies.
- What part of speech is immunoselection?
- Immunoselection is a noun.
- What is the plural of immunoselection?
- The plural of immunoselection is immunoselections.
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