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Epitope vs Idiotope - What's the difference?

epitope | idiotope |

As nouns the difference between epitope and idiotope

is that epitope is that part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) that is the target of an immune response while idiotope is the unique set of antigenic determinants (epitopes) of the variable portion of an antibody.

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

    idiotope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia idiotope)
  • The unique set of antigenic determinants (epitopes) of the variable portion of an antibody.

    • Related terms

    * allotope