A mimotope is a macromolecule, often a peptide, which mimics the structure of an epitope. Because of this property it causes an antibody response similar to the one elicited by the epitope. An antibody for a given epitope antigen will recognize a mimotope which mimics that epitope. Mimotopes are commonly obtained from phage display libraries throu...
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Compound that mimics the structure of a conformational epitope and that will elicit an identical antibody response (whereas a mimetic would not have the same antigenicity). Mostly used of peptides from phage display libraries; potentially useful as vaccines.
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