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What is an antigen?

What is an antigen? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign.
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This antigen had rhamnose side chains at least a disaccharide in length and was the antigenic determinant of A-variant carbohydrate.
When the synthetic peptide was used as the antigen, a monoclonal antibody was obtained.
Dengue virus antigen has been found in a variety of tissues, predominately the liver and reticuloendothelial system.
This assay is a highly quantitative and direct measure of antibody response to a specific antigen.
When exposed to an antigen, that is a virus or a bacterium, the body produces antibodies.
In this method, researchers inject ready-made antibodies, rather than the antigen, into the animal.

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