#antibody binding
- Antigenic — Relating to antigens or possessing the property to act as an antigen; characterized by the capacity to stimulate a specific immune response. In modern virology, it describes viral genetic mutations (such as antigenic drift or shift) allowing pathogens to evade host antibodies.
- Antiglobulin — A specific antibody (immunoglobulin) obtained by immunizing an animal, capable of recognizing and binding to other human globulins (antibodies) present in serum or fixed on cell surfaces; utilized as an essential immunological reagent in laboratory diagnostics (such as the Coombs test).
- Avidity — A strong, insatiable, and greedy desire to obtain or possess something (money, property, power, honors); in a positive or intellectual sense, it represents an intense zeal, a remarkable drive, or a spiritual greed with which an individual absorbs knowledge, art, or impressions. In immunology, the term measures the overall binding strength between an antibody and a multivalent antigen, being an essential structural indicator for evaluating the efficiency of the immune response.