Antigenic Specificity:

Terms Related to Antigenic Specificity

• Immunodominant Antigenic Determinants

  Subunits of the antigenic determinant that are most easily recognized by the immune system and thus most influence the specificity of the induced antibody.

• Antibody Specificity

  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, ...

• Immunodominant Antigens

  Subunits of the antigenic determinant that are most easily recognized by the immune system and thus most influence the specificity of the induced antibody.