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selectant

selectant

English

Noun

selectant (plural selectants)

  1. The result of a selection process
    • 2015 July 6, “Identification of an Immunogenic Mimic of a Conserved Epitope on the Plasmodium falciparum Blood Stage Antigen AMA1 Using Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Peptide Display”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132560:
      Upon selection with a monoclonal antibody, for example, we can amplify selectant sequences by RT-PCR, regenerate the VLP library, and then repeat this process over multiple rounds of affinity selection.