When serum proteins are separated by electrophoresis and then antibodies specific for the serum proteins are placed in a parallel trough in order to form reaction arcs for each protein, the test is called

A. Ouchterlony double diffusion
B. Western blot
C. immunelectrophoresis
D. radioimmunoassay (RIA)
E. the Quellung test


Answer: C. immunelectrophoresis

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