Hapten

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A hapten is a low molecular weight substance that can only elicit an immune response when it binds to a higher molecular weight substance (eg a protein). The macromolecule itself (without attached hapten) may or may not cause an immune response.

Sources

ŠVÍGLEROVÁ, Jitka. Hapten [online]. The last revision 2009-02-18, [cit. 2010-11-11]. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160416225047/http://wiki.lfp-studium.cz/index.php/Hapten>.