Idiotype

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  • noun. A set of one or more antigenic determinants specific to the variable region of an immunoglobulin molecule.
  • noun. A set of immunoglobin molecules that have the same antigen-binding specificity in their variable regions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In the nomenclature of types in natural history, a specimen, not a holotype, identified by the nomenclator himself.
  • noun. An object or a substance typical of a class; one of a series exhibiting like peculiarities.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen binding specificity of their variable region
  • Word Usage
    "Favrille spent more than $140 million on the development of a portfolio of biotech assets and related patents including the FavId™ idiotype vaccine that was the Company's lead product candidate for the treatment of B-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma."