Conformational epitope
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title:
Conformational epitope
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In immunology, a conformational epitope is a sequence of sub-units composing an antigen that come in direct contact with a receptor of the immune system. An antigen is any substance that the immune system can recognize as foreign. Antigens are usually proteins that are too large to bind as a whole to any receptor so only specific segments, that form the antigen, bind with a specific receptor. Such segments are called epitopes. Likewise, it is only the paratope of the receptor that comes in conta
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Segment of a molecule which contacts an immune receptor when folded
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformational_epitope
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2022-11-26T23:24:54Z
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