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Antibody Specificity
Medical 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. |
Guide Notes: | coord IM with specific antibody (IM) |
Previously Indexed: | Antibodies (1966-1969) |
Organ Specificity - Restriction of a characteristic or response to a particular organ of the body; it usually refers to that property of the immune response which differentiates one organ from another on the basis of antigen recognition, but the concept is not limited to immunology. | |
Species Specificity - Restriction of a characteristic or response to the members of one species; it usually refers to that property of the immune response which differentiates one species from another on the basis of antigen recognition, but the concept is not limited to immunology and is used loosely at levels higher than the species. |
Antibody Specificity Medical Definitions and Terms
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