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Hapten vs Paratope - What's the difference?

hapten | paratope |

As nouns the difference between hapten and paratope

is that hapten is (immunology) any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein while paratope is (biochemistry) that part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen.

hapten

English

(wikipedia hapten)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (immunology) Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein.

    • Synonyms

    * haptene

    Derived terms

    * haptenic * haptenization * haptenize

    Hyponyms

    * urushiol ----

    paratope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) That part of the molecule of an antibody that binds to an antigen

    • See also

    *epitope