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  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal research
  3. biological properties and phenomena
  4. biological resistance
  5. immunity
  6. antibody specificity
  1. Fields of Study
  2. immunology
  3. immunity
  4. antibody specificity

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antibody specificity

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The property of antibodies which enables them to react with some antigenic determinants and not with others. Specificity is dependent on chemical composition, physical forces, and molecular structure at the binding site.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014

    Type: Concept definition

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