Monospecificity

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013306",
  "term": "Monospecificity",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The property of an antiserum or antibody preparation of reacting only with its designated antigen, with no detectable reaction to other antigens under the assay conditions. A monospecific antiserum can be polyclonal and recognise several epitopes on that one antigen, whereas a monoclonal antibody is directed at a single epitope.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "immunoreactivity",
    "immunochemical specificity"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1142 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/monospecificity/"
}