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dinitrophenyl

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-013063

A small molecule containing 2 phenol rings, characterized as a hapten for use in vaccine preparation. Dinitrophenyl by itself will not elicit any immune response nor bind to antigen. Dinitrophenyl compound is commonly used to couple with peptides in vaccine preparation to enhance the immunogenicity of otherwise weak immunogenic antigens.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-013063
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationDNP
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-013063",
  "term": "dinitrophenyl",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A small molecule containing 2 phenol rings, characterized as a hapten for use in vaccine preparation. Dinitrophenyl by itself will not elicit any immune response nor bind to antigen. Dinitrophenyl compound is commonly used to couple with peptides in vaccine preparation to enhance the immunogenicity of otherwise weak immunogenic antigens.",
  "abbreviation": "DNP",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/dinitrophenyl/"
}

Record 6,033 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.