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Slot: affinity

Description: The numerical value describing the strength of an affinity between two entities. For instance, if a chemical inhibits a protein with a pIC50 of 8.6, the affinity is 8.6. Used in conjunction with the affinity parameter slot.

Domain: NamedThing
Range: Float

Inheritance

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
AffinityMeasurement The type of measurement describing the strength of an affinity between two entities. For instance, if a chemical inhibits a protein with a pIC50 of 8.6, the affinity parameter is pIC50 and the affinity value is 8.6. The binary relation, if given, qualifies the affinity as greater than, less than, or equal. no

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name: affinity
description: The numerical value describing the strength of an affinity between two
  entities.  For instance, if a chemical inhibits a protein with a pIC50 of 8.6, the
  affinity is 8.6. Used in conjunction with the affinity parameter slot.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/biolink/vocab/
is_a: node property
domain: named thing
alias: affinity
domain_of:
- affinity measurement
range: float