bivalent

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[bī′vā·lənt]

(chemistry)

Possessing a valence of two.

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3A), which takes advantage of the bivalency or multivalency of the main antibody isotypes.

Fusion lengthens serum half-life, and introduces bivalency which increases affinity for TNF.

But when everything is taken into consideration, is all this not reducible to just another form of bivalency? Well, in a manner of speaking, yes.

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