immunoaffinity

English

Etymology

From immuno- +‎ affinity.

Noun

immunoaffinity (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, noun adjunct) The specific chemical affinity between an antibody, or antibody domain, and an antigen

   an immunoaffinity column

   • 1994, Nikos K. Harakas, “Biospecific Affinity Chromatography”, in Roger G. Harrison, editor, Protein Purification Process Engineering‎^[1], →ISBN, page 61:

     The human endothelial plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) of t-PA was purified to homogeneity and partially sequenced directly from endothhelial ^[sic] cells by Sanzo (39), using the immunoaffinity of a monoclonal antibody against human t-PA.