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desetope

desetope noun: the part of an MHC that binds to an antigen.

Noun

desetope (plural desetopes)

  1. The part of an MHC that binds to an antigen.
    • Since a given peptide will fit only some desetopes, or a given desetope will bind only a limited set of peptides, there is MHC restriction on presentation of any given epitope.1993, Malcolm S. Mitchell, Biological Approaches to Cancer Treatment: Biomodulation, page 110
    • One involves determining the specificity of an apparent direct physical interaction with the antigen (desetope function), while the other involves binding to the T cell receptor (histotope function).2012, Benvenuto Pernis, Processing and Presentation of Antigens, page 116

Forms of desetope

pluraldesetopes

Origin of desetope

From determinant selection + -tope

Questions about desetope

What does desetope mean?
Desetope means the part of an MHC that binds to an antigen.
What part of speech is desetope?
Desetope is a noun.
What is the plural of desetope?
The plural of desetope is desetopes.

Words near desetope in the dictionary

  1. desethylation
  2. desethylations
  3. desethylchloroquine
  4. desethylibogamine
  5. desethylsimazine
  6. desetope
  7. desetopes
  8. desex
  9. desexed
  10. desexes
  11. desexing

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