paratope

paratope

Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.

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  • Paratope — Partie de l anticorps qui assure la fonction de reconnaissance de l antigène. Chaque paratope reconnait de façon spécifique l épitope d un antigène. C est le site de reconnaissance de l anticorps. Le paratope se trouve aux extrémités des chaines… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • paratope — In immune network theory, an idiotope; an antigenic site of an antibody that is responsible for that antibody binding to an antigenic determinant (epitope). Also used of the site on a ligand molecule to which a cell surface receptor binds …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • paratope — noun That part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen …   Wiktionary

  • paratope — That part of an antibody molecule composed of the variable regions of both the light and heavy chains that combine with the antigen. SYN: antibody combining site, antigen binding site. [para + tope] * * * para·tope (parґə tōp) [para +… …   Medical dictionary

  • Antibody — Immunoglobulin redirects here. For the immunoglobulin family, see Immunoglobulin superfamily. Antibodies redirects here. For the film, see Antibodies (film). Each antibody binds to a specific antigen; an interaction similar to a lock and key. An… …   Wikipedia

  • Memory B cell — For other uses, see Memory cell (disambiguation). B lymphocytes are the cells of the immune system that make antibodies to invading pathogens like viruses. They form memory cells that remember the same pathogen for faster antibody production in… …   Wikipedia

  • ANTIGÈNES — Dans son acception la plus générale, le terme antigène désigne toute espèce moléculaire d’origine biologique ou synthétique (tabl. 1) qui, au contact de cellules appropriées du système immunitaire d’un organisme animal donné, appelé hôte ou… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • IMMUNITÉ ET SYSTÈME IMMUNITAIRE — Le système immunitaire assume l’une des grandes fonctions physiologiques des Vertébrés: l’aptitude à la reconnaissance d’un nombre prodigieux de structures moléculaires distinctes, les antigènes. Un antigène est classiquement réputé « étranger »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Conformational epitope — Recognition of conformational epitopes by B cells. Note how the segments widely separated in the primary structure have come in contact in the three dimensional tertiary structure forming part of the same epitope[1] A conformational epitope is a… …   Wikipedia

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