Determination of rate constants for the antigen-antibody reaction. Kinetic characteristics of interaction of soluble and corpuscular antigen with specific antibodies

Using the previously developed procedure, the rate and equilibrium constants for the interaction of antibodies with soluble or corpuscular antigens were determined. Cow milk casein was used as a soluble antigen, while heat-inactivated Staphylococcus aureus cells--as a corpuscular antigen. The values of kinetic constants for the above reactions are close to those for various antigen--antibody pairs obtained by other investigators.