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The Rôle of Diffusion in the Pneumococcus-Antipneumococcus Reaction

Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri)

Abstract

The absolute rate of the pneumococcus-antipneumococcus reaction predicted by diffusion-theory has been found to agree with the results of protection-experiments. Apparently each molecule of antibody impinging upon the free cell-surface is irreversibly bound. The indifference of the reaction to temperature provides independent confirmation of this conclusion concerning the mechanism of the reaction.

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