An Epitope Is

question 63

Multiple Choice

An epitope is

• A) part of the interferons that penetrate foreign cells.
• B) a protein protruding from the surface of B cells.
• C) two structurally similar antibodies dissolved in the blood plasma.
• D) the part of an antigen that binds to an antigen receptor.
• E) another name for a bacterial antigen.

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Definitions:

One-sample T Statistic

A statistical measure used to compare the mean of a single sample to a known or hypothesized population mean.

Null Hypothesis

In statistical hypothesis testing, a statement that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed deviation from this is due to sampling or experimental error.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, commonly denoted by alpha.

P-value

A measure in statistics that helps to determine the significance of results obtained in hypothesis testing, indicating the probability of observing the results if the null hypothesis is true.