Desetope

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From determinant selection + -tope

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