epitope
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of epitope
Example Sentences
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In fact, the study showed tumors with a mutated version of the epitope of Fas receptors will not respond to CAR T at all.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023
The word "epitope" means the substance that the immune system recognizes and protects against.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022
Others, such as epitope tagging, use antibodies to track marked proteins, revealing their location and abundance in cells and providing hints about their function.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 21, 2022
Note that recognition occurs at a specific epitope rather than on the entire antigen; for this reason, epitopes are known as “antigenic determinants.”
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Adagio’s lead antibody, ADG20, was among a group isolated from a convalescent SARS-1 donor, and targets a conserved epitope on the S protein present on all SARS-1, SARS-2 and many potential emergent bat viruses.
From Scientific American • Jan. 6, 2022
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