binding

Term Information

Accession
GO:0005488
Ontology
molecular function
Synonyms
narrow: ligand
Definition
The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule. [source: GOC:ceb, GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]
Comment
For ligands that bind to signal transducing receptors, consider the molecular function term 'receptor binding ; GO:0005102' and its children.
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