What is an antigen?

[raghavanpillai raju]

Ken Frauwirth (BioKen) (frauwirt at bacillus.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
: In article <3495778.ensmtp at eureka.qc.ca>,
: Yves Blais <Yves_Blais at EUREKA.QC.CA> wrote:
: >any answers welcome...
: >
: >
: >Yves Blais.

: The only answer that I know is a functional one - an antigen is any substance
: which can elicit an immune response.

: BioKen
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