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Adjective

haptenated ‎(not comparable)

1. Modified by addition of a hapten
   • 2015 October 8, “Affinity Inequality among Serum Antibodies That Originate in Lymphoid Germinal Centers”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139222:

     It has therefore been suggested that the haptenated epitopes are actually diverse, despite having a common haptenic group, and that this diversity could account for the affinity heterogeneity observed with a simple ligand, such as ε-DNP-L-lysine, which only approximates the actual epitopes.

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• haptenation