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Antibody vs Crossreactive - What's the difference?

antibody | crossreactive |

As a noun antibody

is a protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

As an adjective crossreactive is

describing a reaction between an antigen and an antibody that was formed to counteract a different (often similar) antigen.

antibody

English

(wikipedia antibody)

Noun

(antibodies)
  • (immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

    • Synonyms

    * immunoglobulin

    crossreactive

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cross-reactive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Describing a reaction between an antigen and an antibody that was formed to counteract a different (often similar) antigen

    • Related terms

    * crossreact * crossreaction / cross-reaction