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histotope

histotope noun: the portion of an antigen that reacts with or binds to a T-cell.

Noun

histotope (plural histotopes)

  1. The portion of an antigen that reacts with or binds to a T-cell.
    • Thus, a mutation affecting the structure of a class II molecule changes the co-recognition specificity of a histotope on the APC of the mutant.1984, William E. Paul, Immunogenetics, page 156
    • However, this experiment by itself did not distinguish whether the change was in the desetope, which is the most straightforward interpretation, or in the histotope.2012, Benvenuto Pernis, Processing and Presentation of Antigens, page 117

Forms of histotope

pluralhistotopes

Origin of histotope

From histo- + -tope.

Questions about histotope

What does histotope mean?
Histotope means the portion of an antigen that reacts with or binds to a T-cell.
What part of speech is histotope?
Histotope is a noun.
What is the plural of histotope?
The plural of histotope is histotopes.

Words near histotope in the dictionary

  1. histotechnologist
  2. histotechnologists
  3. histotechnology
  4. histotechs
  5. histotomy
  6. histotope
  7. histotopes
  8. histotoxic
  9. histotoxicity
  10. histotripsy
  11. histotroph

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