Glossary: gp209-2M

Any substance that causes the body to make a specific immune response.

A tumor-specific antigen used in the development of cancer vaccines. Also called glycoprotein 100.

A form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin). It may begin in a mole (skin melanoma), but can also begin in other pigmented tissues, such as in the eye or in the intestines.

A molecule that contains two or more amino acids (the molecules that join together to form proteins). Peptides that contain many amino acids are called polypeptides or proteins.