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nounselectant (plural selectants)
plural selectants
- The result of a selection process
Upon selection with a monoclonal antibody, for example, we can amplify selectant sequences by RT-PCR, regenerate the VLP library, and then repeat this process over multiple rounds of affinity selection.
2015 July 6, “Identification of an Immunogenic Mimic of a Conserved Epitope on the Plasmodium falciparum Blood Stage Antigen AMA1 Using Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Peptide Display”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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