English Explanatory Dictionary

epitope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response

Word forms

epitope epitopes

Etymology

From epi- + -tope.

Related words

agretope allotope desetope histotope paratope

Derived words

autoepitope epitopal epitopic glycoepitope immunoepitope multiepitope neoepitope phosphoepitope polyepitope

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