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Episome vs Epitope - What's the difference?

episome | epitope |

As nouns the difference between episome and epitope

is that episome is (cytology) a segment of dna that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria while epitope is (biochemistry) that part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) that is the target of an immune response.

episome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A segment of DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria.

    • Derived terms

    * episomal * episomally

    epitope

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia epitope) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) That part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) that is the target of an immune response

    • See also

    * paratope