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    Agglutination is the clumping of particles. The word agglutination comes from the Latin agglutinare (glueing to). Agglutination is a reaction in which...
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    which serve both hemostatic and immune functions. Medicine portal Agglutination (biology) Antihemorrhagic Post-vaccination embolic and thrombotic events...
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  • Agga (section Biology)
    locus found in plant-associated bacteria that agglutinate; see agglutination (biology) Agalinis gattingeri, the roundstem false foxglove plant (USDA code:...
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  • immune reaction. The antigens and antibodies combine by a process called agglutination. It is the fundamental reaction in the body by which the body is protected...
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    phosphate isomerase/neuroleukin-like sperm antigen involved in sperm agglutination". Biology of Reproduction. 62 (4): 1016–1023. doi:10.1095/biolreprod62.4...
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    antibody and is most prevalent in one-step (sandwich) immunoassays. In an agglutination test, a person's serum (which contains antibodies) is added to a test...
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    attachment through a fusion peptide. Virologist George K. Hirst discovered agglutination and hemagglutinins in 1941. Alfred Gottschalk proved in 1957 that hemagglutinins...
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    tissues) is typically confirmed by bacterial culture, latex particle agglutination tests, or polymerase chain reaction tests on clinical samples obtained...
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    fatty skin. Its common name is derived from Tupi ka'apiûara, a complex agglutination of kaá (leaf) + píi (slender) + ú (eat) + ara (a suffix for agent nouns)...
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    applications, plasma can be extracted from whole blood via filtration or via agglutination to allow for rapid testing of specific biomarkers. Blood plasma has...
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    Stress, Inflammatory Responses and Cell Death" (PDF). Cell Signalling Biology. Vol. 6. Portland Press. pp. 11-1–11-30. doi:10.1042/csb0001011 (inactive...
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    followed by Uzbek. Characteristic features such as vowel harmony, agglutination, subject-object-verb order, and lack of grammatical gender, are almost...
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  • different methods available, which include nephelometry, turbidimetry, agglutination of gamma globulin-coated latex particles or erythrocytes. RF is often...
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    relationship of concanavalin A binding to lectin-initiated cell agglutination". The Journal of Cell Biology. 59 (1): 134–142. doi:10.1083/jcb.59.1.134. PMC 2110924...
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    coagulation cascade leads to thrombosis, the blockage of a vessel by an agglutination of red blood cells, platelets, polymerized fibrin and other components...
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    Quellung reaction (category 1902 in biology)
    Streptococcus pneumoniae, both as microscopic capsular swelling and macroscopic agglutination (clumping visible with the naked eye). It was initially an intellectual...
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    clumps. If agglutination is not obvious by direct vision, blood bank technologist usually check for agglutination with a microscope. If agglutination occurs...
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    such as the PYR test for group A streptococcus. There are also latex agglutination kits which can distinguish each of the main groups seen in clinical...
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    Amoeba (category Cell biology)
    composed of various substances, including calcium, silica, chitin, or agglutinations of found materials like small grains of sand and the frustules of diatoms...
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  • in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the...
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    that are unique to P. knowlesi: the SICAvar (schizont-infected cell agglutination variant) family, which is involved in displaying different antigens...
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  • organism. Annals of Applied Biology 11 318-323 Emily M. Berridge (1926) Studies in bacteriosis XIV Chemical agglutination as a means of differentiating...
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    shown, as serological testing reveals N. flavescens' lack of cross-agglutination. At the same time, biochemical testing distinguishes Neisseria flavescens...
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    heart disease which is also caused by S. pyogenes.[citation needed] Agglutination of Streptococcus salivarius is often used in the diagnosis of atypical...
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  • DAT (section Biology)
    in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DAT or Dat may refer to: Direct agglutination test, any test that uses whole organisms as a means of looking for serum...
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    specific for sugar groups that are part of other molecules, so cause agglutination of particular cells or precipitation of glycoconjugates and polysaccharides...
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    pregnant. Presence of antisperm antibodies may be responsible for sperm agglutination, reduced sperm motility, abnormal postcoital test. Several tests are...
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    larger complexes with antibodies. An extreme example is the clumping, or agglutination, of red blood cells with antibodies in blood typing to determine blood...
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    receptor is also expressed on erythrocytes which can lead to autoantibody agglutination from mycobacteria infection. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species are not...
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    testing for bacteria and diagnosing infections include the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and PCR. Leptospirosis is treated in humans by the antibiotics...
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