I've heard that 'antigen' is short for 'antibody generator', in agreement
with the other postings.
Cheers,
Troels
raghavanpillai raju (raju at feynman.mayo.edu) wrote:
: 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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