| opsonization |
Coating a particle with opsonin proteins.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~O.html
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| opsonize |
to facilitate phagocytosis (ingestion and digestion of bacteria and particles by phagocytes)
Ãâó: www.orgsites.com/fl/adjuvantdisease/_pgg9.php3
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| opsonization |
The process by which antigens are altered so that they are more readily and more efficiently engulfed and destroyed by immune cells.
Ãâó: www.melanomacenter.org/glossary/o.html
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| opsonin |
a substance, usually an antibody or complement component, that binds to invading organisms and enhances their phagocytosis.
Ãâó: www.qimr.edu.au/qimr_glossary.html
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| opsin |
The protein component of a photopigment. Different opsins give rise to photopigments with different spectral absorption characteristics and consequently account for the differences in spectral sensitivity of the various photoreceptor types. (See chromophore.)
Ãâó: tigger.uic.edu/~hilbert/Glossary.html
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