Hapten

What do we mean by hapten?

A small molecule that reacts with a specific antibody but cannot induce the formation of antibodies unless bound to a carrier protein or other large antigenic molecule. noun

Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein. noun

Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein.

Words that are spelled similarly to hapten:
hapten, happen, hasten, harten, hatten, halten, hanten, kapten, haten.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hapten:
free, monovalent, same, specific, bound, homologous, simple, small, bivalent, immunizing, anti, univalent, synthetic, single, labelled, original, particular, reactive, total, corresponding, complex, appropriate, conjugated, native, molecular, antibody, low, unconjugated, pure, unlabeled, bifunctional, unbound, injected, dinitrophenyl, excess, macromolecular, immunogenic, dye, polyvalent, soluble, related, effective, exogenous, azobenzenearsonate, heterologous, unrelated, antigenic, fluorescent, multivalent, relevant, azophenyltrimethylammonium, unlabelled, photoactivatable, novel, azophenylarsonate, respective, containing, unreacted, stable, solid, suitable, dialyzable, carrier, dnp, modified, sulfonyl, chromophoric, tnp.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hapten:
carrier, antibody, antibodies, protein, response, responses, complex, conjugate, conjugates, interactions, sandwich, complexes, reactions, activity, systems, specific, interaction, reaction, radioimmunoassay, ligands, formation, binding, specificity, constants, sera, affinities, antiserum, association, kinetics, modified, bsa, synthesis, lymphocytes, combination, abs, mediated.

Consonant match to hapten:
heptane, heptone, heptine, heptene, hopton.

Words that sound like hapten:
hapten, hopton, happen, hampton, hatton, hatten, hattan, heptane, captain, captan, knapton, kapton, lapton, captin, heighten, haten, hutton, heppen, hopen, heaton, houghton, hadden, haddon, haben, hooten, haughton, hepta, hampden, hotten, hooton, hippen, hiten, haston, hayton, howton, hebden, hauptmann, haddan, had done, hauptman, hoten, habitan, tipton, lipton, lepton, naptown, shipton, lupton, repton, happing, hatting, houten, hatem, hang ten, hastin, top ten, happened, hidden, happens, hayden, hamptons, haden, haydn, heston, happed, hedon, hatta, headen, haydon, headon, hoban, halton, haiden, heiden, hoben, heaston, halftone, heyden, hasn, happy home, hip to, hatim, haddam, heydon, chipped in, hanton, hanten, hapt, hazzan, hesston, hodden, hit on, heben, high tone, half done, hoiden, had on, haidan, hantan, happenny.