Antibody specificity
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000431
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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000431 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Immunity; Antibodies; Serology |
| Translations | Spanish: especificidad de los anticuerpos |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000431",
"term": "Antibody specificity",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "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.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"immunity",
"antibodies",
"serology"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2014",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "especificidad de los anticuerpos"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/antibody-specificity/"
}
Record 427 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.