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cross-reaction
A cross-reaction is the binding of antibody to an antigen not used to elicit that antibody. Thus, if antibody raised against antigen A also binds antigen B, it is said to cross-react with antigen B. The term is used generically to describe the reactivity of antibodies or T cells with antigens other than the eliciting antigen.
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