See Also: arete(dictionary)
Arete Inversiones, SICAV, S.A.(finance)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Immunoglobulin(medicine)
Immunoglobulin E (IgE)(health)
Immunoglobulin (Ig)(health)
Immunoglobulin A(medicine)
immunoglobulin G(medicine)
Immunoglobulin(health)

immunoglobulin idiotypes (medicine) and arete (iou)


immunoglobulin idiotypes (medicine)


immunoglobulin idiotypes


Unique, genetically controlled determinants present on antibodies whose specificity is limited to a single group of proteins (e.g., another antibody molecule or an individual myeloma protein). The idiotype appears to represent the antigenicity of the antigen-binding site of the antibody and to be genetically codetermined with it. The idiotypic determinants have been precisely located to the variable regions of both immunoglobin polypeptide chains.


arete (iou)



arete noun. E19.
[French from Latin arista ear of corn, fish-bone or -spine. Cf. ARRIS.]
A sharp mountain ridge with steep sides.