Associations to the word «Epitope»
Noun
- Antigen
- Antibody
- Peptide
- Lymphocyte
- Specificity
- Determinant
- Vaccine
- Carbohydrate
- Pathogen
- Assay
- Affinity
- Mapping
- Allele
- Bind
- Clone
- Hepatitis
- Protein
- Ligand
- Molecule
- Receptor
- Binding
- Residue
- Virus
- Apoptosis
- Gal
- Cell
- Bystander
- Influenza
- Tag
- Toxin
- Serum
- Adhesion
- Helper
- Sequence
- Subunit
- Conformation
- Parasite
- Cloning
- Activation
- Immunity
- Microorganism
- Prediction
- Purification
- Cleavage
- Hiv
- Specific
- Acid
- Enzyme
- Lex
- Tolerance
- Mutation
- Sulfate
- Tumor
- Response
- Complex
- Domain
- Genome
- Synthesis
- Infection
- Proliferation
- Terminus
- Poly
- Presentation
- Tissue
Adjective
Wiktionary
EPITOPE, noun. (biochemistry) That part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) that is the target of an immune response
Dictionary definition
EPITOPE, noun. The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.