Meanings
adjectivehaptenated (not comparable)
- not comparableModified by addition of a hapten
It has therefore been suggested that the haptenated epitopes are actually diverse, despite having a common haptenic group, and that this diversity could account for the affinity heterogeneity observed with a simple ligand, such as ε-DNP-L-lysine, which only approximates the actual epitopes.
2015 October 8, “Affinity Inequality among Serum Antibodies That Originate in Lymphoid Germinal Centers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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