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futuristic

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on: Sep 10, 2013
An epitope is
A) part of the interferons that penetrate foreign cells.
B) a protein protruding from the surface of B cells.
C) two structurally similar antibodies dissolved in the blood plasma.
D) that part of an antigen that actually binds to an antigen receptor.
E) a mirror image of an antigen.


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Reply #1 on: Sep 14, 2013
I remember it was D


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