"desetope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: desetopes [plural]
Etymology: From determinant selection + -tope Head templates: {{en-noun}} desetope (plural desetopes)
  1. The part of an MHC that binds to an antigen.
    Sense id: en-desetope-en-noun-0e5PFyeY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From determinant selection + -tope",
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          "ref": "1993, Malcolm S. Mitchell, Biological Approaches to Cancer Treatment: Biomodulation, page 110",
          "text": "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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        {
          "ref": "2012, Benvenuto Pernis, Processing and Presentation of Antigens, page 116",
          "text": "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).",
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        "The part of an MHC that binds to an antigen."
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