Molecular Function
antibody specificity
an·ti·bod·y spec·i·fic·i·ty
Definitions related to antibody specificity:
  • 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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