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Biological Factors > Antigens > Epitopes

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Epitopes  

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Entry terms

  • Antigenic Determinant
  • Antigenic Determinants
  • Determinant, Antigenic
  • Determinants, Antigenic
  • Epitope

Note

  • entry term ANTIGENIC DETERMINANTS: do not confuse with genetic determinants ( = GENES or specific)

Scope note

  • Sites on an antigen that interact with specific antibodies.

History note

  • 96; was ANTIGENIC DETERMINANTS 1970-95 (as Prov 1970-71)

In other languages

  • epitoopit

    Finnish

  • antigeenideterminantit
  • antigeenideterminantti
  • epitooppi
  • Epitoper

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000939

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