Term Information

Accession
GO:0003823
Name
antigen binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
B cell receptor activity, antibody, immunoglobulin, opsonin activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Binding to an antigen, any substance which is capable of inducing a specific immune response and of reacting with the products of that response, the specific antibody or specifically sensitized T-lymphocytes, or both. Binding may counteract the biological activity of the antigen. Source: ISBN:0721662544, ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0003823 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_chembl
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of antigen binding (GO:0003823)
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antigen binding [is_a relation] is_a  binding (GO:0005488)
Children of antigen binding (GO:0003823)
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histamine secretion mediated by immunoglobulin (GO:0097280) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  antigen binding
immunoglobulin-mediated neutralization (GO:0097282) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  antigen binding
peptide antigen binding (GO:0042605) [is_a relation] is_a  antigen binding
protein antigen binding (GO:1990405) [is_a relation] is_a  antigen binding
lipid antigen binding (GO:0030882) [is_a relation] is_a  antigen binding
immune complex formation (GO:0097281) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  antigen binding
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