monospecificityn.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)spɛsᵻˈfɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˌspɛsəˈfɪsᵻdi/ Immunology.
The property of being monospecific; the degree to which an antibody or antiserum is monospecific.
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1968 Bibliotheca Haematologica 29 i. 378 (title) Evidence of monospecificity of anti-A and anti-B in Group 0 serum.
1987 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 262 11324 Antibodies were raised in rabbits and their monospecificity toward this canalicular polypeptide demonstrated by immunoblot analysis.
1996 Jrnl. Histochem. & Cytochem. 44 1013 The monospecificity of the antibody has been confirmed by Western blotting.
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