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A hapten is a small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein. The carrier can also be one that does not elicit an immune response by itself. Things such as infectious agents, or insoluble foreign matter can elicit an immune response in the body as well as large lolecules.

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What term does not belong protein complete antigen nucleic acid hapten?

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