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Preferred Name

Polyclonal Antibody
Synonyms

Polyclonal Antibody

Definitions

A heterogeneous antibody derived from a host organism, typically produced by immunization of a suitable mammal with an antigen which induces B-lymphocytes to produce IgG immunoglobulins specific for the antigen. The resulting collection of antibodies have specificity for different epitopes of the antigen.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61381

code

C61381

DEFINITION

A heterogeneous antibody derived from a host organism, typically produced by immunization of a suitable mammal with an antigen which induces B-lymphocytes to produce IgG immunoglobulins specific for the antigen. The resulting collection of antibodies have specificity for different epitopes of the antigen.

FULL_SYN

Polyclonal Antibody

label

Polyclonal Antibody

Legacy Concept Name

Polyclonal_Antibody

Preferred_Name

Polyclonal Antibody

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C61381

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Immunologic Factor

UMLS_CUI

C0312586

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16295

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