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Antigenic determinant


antigenic determinant The site on an antigen to which an antibody binds, forming an antigen-antibody complex.
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antigenic determinant Area on an antigen molecule that binds with antibody or specific receptor sites on the sensitized lymphocyte; it "determines" the specificity of the antibody or lymphocyte. See epitope.
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(See Antigenic determinant, antigenic switching.) Antigenic determinant. A surface feature of a microorganism or macromolecule, such as a glycoprotein, that elicits an immune response. Antigenic switching.
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This site binds to a portion of the antigen called an antigenic determinant or epitope.
The binding, like that between an enzyme and its substrate depends on complementarity of the surface of the receptor and the surface of the epitope.
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A recombinant organism into which has been cloned antigenic determinants from a number of different disease-causing organisms.
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A localized region on the surface of an antigen that is chemically recognized by antibodies; also called antigenic determinant.
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: The specific site on an antigen that is recognized by an antibody (also known as the antigenic determinant).
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But the yearly changes we see in the population when we need new vaccines every year are sort of secondary, minor changes, that happen in the antigenic determinants on these surface, glycoproteins. On the hemagglutinin and the neuraminidase.
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