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An electrophoretic analysis of the dissolved precipitate and supernatant fluid was conducted in the equivalent zone. For microelectrophoresis on paper, a Flynn and De Mayo type of chamber as modified by A. E. Gurvich was used. The specific precipitate, thoroughly washed with saline solution, largely consists of the γ-globulins of the immune serum (about 85%) and proteins, the electrophoretic mobility of which approaches that of the β2 and β-globulins. Albumins adsorbed by the specific antigen-antibody complex are lost in washing the precipitate. A suggestion is made that about 15% of the precipitate consists of nonspecific proteins.
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Tatarinov, Y.S. Electrophoretic analysis of the composition of the specific precipitate. Bull Exp Biol Med 49, 74–76 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00779582
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00779582