complementarity-determining region

initialism: CDR
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Hypervariable amino acid sequence within antibody and T-cell receptor (TCR) variable (V) regions, which interacts with complementary amino acids on the antigen or major histocompatibility complex (MHC)–peptide complex.
Source:
PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. (IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)) on page 1147 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'complementarity-determining region' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13029 RIS BibTex EndNote
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