Lanni F. THE SPECIFICITY OF SEROLOGICAL PRECIPITATION.
J Exp Med 1946;
84:167-80. [PMID:
19871561 PMCID:
PMC2135651]
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Abstract
Precipitative mixing experiments have been conducted with the aid of a turbidimeter and a darkfield microscope. The results of these experiments, correlated with observations of macroscopic features, indicate that serological precipitation is largely governed by a highly specific mechanism except in the terminal period, when the operation of non-specific forces becomes apparent. The findings are used as the basis for a new description of precipitation in terms of the formation and aggregation of elementary particles of specific precipitate, called seromicrons.
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