haptene

• a variation of hapten.
  hapten

  noun

  a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.

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haptene

The guinea pig, that immunologically famous animal, can be trained to perceive fantastically small amounts of nitrobenzene by his nose, without the help of Freund’s adjuvants or haptene carriers.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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