Chemicals and Drugs

Immunodominant Epitopes

Subunits of the antigenic determinant that are most easily recognized by the immune system and thus most influence the specificity of the induced antibody.

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Abstract

Subunits of the antigenic determinant that are most easily recognized by the immune system and thus most influence the specificity of the induced antibody.

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24 entry terms
  • Antigenic Determinants, Immunodominant
  • Epitopes, Immunodominant
  • Immunodominant Determinant
  • Immunodominant Determinants
  • Immunodominant Domain
  • Immunodominant Domains
  • Immunodominant Epitope
  • Immunodominant Region
  • Immunodominant Regions
  • Immunodominant Site
  • Immunodominant Sites
  • Determinant, Immunodominant
  • Determinants, Immunodominant
  • Determinants, Immunodominant Antigenic
  • Domain, Immunodominant
  • Domains, Immunodominant
  • Epitope, Immunodominant
  • Immunodominant Antigenic Determinants
  • Region, Immunodominant
  • Regions, Immunodominant
  • Site, Immunodominant
  • Sites, Immunodominant
  • Antigens, Immunodominant
  • Immunodominant Antigens

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

subunits of epitopes most easily recognized by the immune system

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Previous Indexing

  • Antigenic Determinants (1966-1990)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Immunodominant Epitopes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016056. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016056
  2. Immunodominant Epitopes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76544536