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Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary

Antigen

A foreign substance, usually a protein, capable of stimulating an antibody response for body defense. Any substance that, when introduced parenterally into an individual lacking the substance, stimulates the production of an antibody that, when mixed with the antibody, reacts with it in some observable way.

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Antigen from Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary. ISBN: 0-203-48462-2. Published: 2004–07–19. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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