oligoclonal

oligoclonal
oli·go·clon·al -'klōn-əl adj
1) cloned or derived from one or a few cells or molecules <\oligoclonal T cells> <\oligoclonal lymphomas>
2) of, relating to, or being any small group of proteins that migrate close together during electrophoresis producing closely placed bands on the electrophoretogram <\oligoclonal immunoglobulins>
oli·go·clo·nal·i·ty -klō-'nal-ət-ē n, pl -ties

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ol·i·go·clo·nal (ol″ĭ-go-kloґnəl) pertaining to or derived from a few clones. Cf. polyclonal.

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