immunological network

immunological network
The concept due to Jerne that the entire specific immune system within an animal is made up of a series of interacting molecules and cell surface receptors, based on the idea that every antibody combining-site carries its own marker antigens or idiotypes and that these in turn may be recognized by another set of antibody combining-sites and so on.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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