Associations to the word «Epitope»

Wiktionary

EPITOPE, noun. (biochemistry) That part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) that is the target of an immune response

Dictionary definition

EPITOPE, noun. The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin