The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule. [ GOC:mah GOC:ceb https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198506732 ]
Term information
gocheck_do_not_annotate, goslim_pir, goslim_plant
Note that this term is in the subset of terms that should not be used for direct, manual gene product annotation. Please choose a more specific child term, or request a new one if no suitable term is available. For ligands that bind to signal transducing receptors, consider the molecular function term 'receptor binding ; GO:0005102' and its children.