Mountz JD, Tien HT. Bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) study of antigen-antibody interactions.
J Bioenerg Biomembr 1978;
10:139-51. [PMID:
555462 DOI:
10.1007/bf00743104]
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Abstract
Previous work of del Castillo and co-workers has shown that bilayer lipid membranes (BLM) can be used as transducers for detection of antigen-antibody reactions. The present experiments extend the previous work by incorporating complement into the BLM system. The results indicate that the antigen-antibody complex or the complement has no ability to affect the BLM system separately, but when carefully combined they will destabilize the BLM as a tool for investigating immunological reactions is suggested.
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