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fluorescent antibody

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fluorescent antibody [flu̇′res·ənt ′an·tē‚bäd·ē]
(immunology)
An antibody that is labeled by a fluorescent dye, such as fluorescein.


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An indirect fluorescent antibody test for the detection of antibody to swine infertility and respiratory syndrome virus in swine sera.
Two serologic methods can detect antibodies: (1) the indirect fluorescent antibody assay, which has a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 97%, (8) and (2) the enzyme immunoassay, which has become less popular in light of the high sensitivity and specificity of the indirect fluorescent antibody assay.
Stranger still, in relation to another work that used dyed fluorescent antibody molecules to examine the cellular response to sudden environmental changes (in temperature, salinity, pH, and so on), the press release invoked not
 
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