Monoclonal antibodies
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Identical antibodies produced by a clone of hybridoma cells, which are then collected and purified from the culture medium where hybridomas are grown.
Antibodies that come from a single clone of cells, so every cell produces the same antibody.
Topics that use Monoclonal antibodies
- Producing monoclonal antibodies (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antigen-antibody specificity
- clone
- Cloning
- Large-scale production
- Medical applications
- Mitosis
- Mitosis and cloning
- Purification
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