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Slot: affinity_parameter

Description: The type of parameter 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. Used in conjunction with the 'affinity' slot, within an 'affinity measurement'.

Domain: NamedThing
Range: AffinityParameterEnum

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 parameter
description: The type of parameter 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. Used in conjunction with the 'affinity' slot,
  within an 'affinity measurement'.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/biolink/vocab/
is_a: node property
domain: named thing
alias: affinity_parameter
domain_of:
- affinity measurement
range: AffinityParameterEnum