competitive protein-binding assay

competitive protein-binding assay
a radioimmunoassay in which labeled and unlabeled ligands compete for sites on a carrier that has the same avidity for both; the concentration of unlabeled ligand is inversely proportional to the amount of labeled ligand bound.

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