SELECTIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does selectivity mean? 

• SELECTIVITY (noun)
  The noun SELECTIVITY has 1 sense:

1. the property of being selective

  Familiarity information: SELECTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELECTIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being selective

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("selectivity" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Derivation:

selective (tending to select; characterized by careful choice)

selective (characterized by very careful or fastidious selection)

 Context examples 

Compared to bradykinin, this agent possesses enhanced receptor selectivity, greater plasma stability, and a longer half-life.

(Labradimil, NCI Thesaurus)

Farglitazar shows greater selectivity over PPARgamma than PPARalpha.

(Farglitazar, NCI Thesaurus)

Afutuzumab, a third generation type II anti-CD20 antibody, selectivity binds to the extracellular domain of the human CD20 antigen on malignant human B cells.

(Obinutuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

It has selectivity for PIP2 over other phosphatidylinositol lipids and provides a specific probe for activation of PIP2 metabolism to DG and IP3.

(Phospholipid Associated Cell Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A 2-nitroimidazole with hypoxic selectivity and potential radiosensitizing activities.

(Pimonidazole, NCI Thesaurus)

PTSM lacks selectivity for hypoxic cells.

(Copper Cu 62-PTSM, NCI Thesaurus)

CD183 is a G protein-coupled receptor with selectivity for three chemokines, termed IP10 (interferon-g-inducible 10 kDa protein), Mig (monokine induced by interferon-g) and I-TAC (interferon-inducible T cell a-chemoattractant).

(Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) Receptor 3, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Selectivity between these two proteins is thought to be crucial, but this is hard to achieve since the two proteins are so similar.

(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The prostaglandins include PGD2, PGE2 and PGF2, with varying degrees of selectivity among their receptors, DP, EP and FP, respectively.

(Eicosanoid Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

PP4 forms a voltage-dependent membrane Ca(2+) channel; key amino acids act as selectivity filters and voltage sensors, regulating pore permeability to ions.

(Annexin A5 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)