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