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desetopes

desetopes is the plural of desetope.

Meaning of desetope

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

Questions about desetopes

What is desetopes the plural of?
Desetopes is the plural of desetope.

Words near desetopes in the dictionary

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

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