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SOME, but not all, pairs of proteins which are oppositely charged combine with and precipitate each other when mixed in salt-free solutions1. The precipitates usually dissolve when salt is added, presumably because anions and cations of the salt substitute the negatively and the positively charged proteins, respectively, in the compound formed by electrostatic attraction.
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KASSANIS, B., KLECZKOWSKI, A. Mutual Precipitation of Two Viruses. Nature 205, 310 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205310a0
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