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antigen /ˈantɪdʒ(ə)n /nounA toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.All the conjugated peptides were injected together in white rabbits as antigens for antibody production....- Antibodies are gamma globulins produced by B lymphocytes when antigens enter the body.
- As a result, the patient's immune system would produce antibodies to attack the foreign antigens.
Derivatives antigenic /antɪˈdʒɛnɪk/ adjective ...- This may not be the case with weakly antigenic tumor antigens.
- As one would expect, we found that two different antibodies with different antigenic specificities had different amino acid sequences in the antigen-binding site.
- The very low level of amino acid diversity in antigenic proteins may be cause for optimism in the difficult fight to control global tuberculosis.
Origin Early 20th century: via German from French antigène (see anti-, -gen). |