Definition of Epitope

1. Noun. The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself.

Exact synonyms: Antigenic Determinant, Determinant
Category relationships: Immunology
Generic synonyms: Site, Situation
Group relationships: Antigen

Definition of Epitope

1. Noun. (biochemistry) That part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) that is the target of an immune response ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epitope

1. a region on the surface of an antigen [n -S]

Medical Definition of Epitope

1. That part of an antigenic molecule to which the T-cell receptor responds, a site on a large molecule against which an antibody will be produced and to which it will bind. See: agretope. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitope

epitomised
epitomises
epitomising
epitomist
epitomistic
epitomists
epitomize
epitomized
epitomizer
epitomizers
epitomizes
epitomizing
epitomy
epitonic
epitopal
epitope (current term)
epitope library
epitope mapping
epitopes
epitopic
epitoxoid
epitrachelion
epitrachelions
epitrichial
epitrichial layer
epitrichium
epitrite
epitrites
epitrochlea
epitrochlear

Literary usage of Epitope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"We have appended an epitope tag from the SV40 large T antigen to the carboxyterminal lumenal domain of Synaptobrevin and are studying PC 12 cells ..."

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