"Antibody Affinity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A measure of the binding strength between antibody and a simple hapten or antigen determinant. It depends on the closeness of stereochemical fit between antibody combining sites and antigen determinants, on the size of the area of contact between them, and on the distribution of charged and hydrophobic groups. It includes the concept of "avidity," which refers to the strength of the antigen-antibody bond after formation of reversible complexes.
| Descriptor ID |
D000915
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G12.040 G12.122.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Antibody Affinity- Antibody Affinity
- Affinity, Antibody
- Affinities, Antibody
- Antibody Affinities
Antibody Avidity- Antibody Avidity
- Antibody Avidities
- Avidities, Antibody
- Avidity, Antibody
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Structure-guided multivalent nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress mutational escape. Science. 2021 02 12; 371(6530).
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