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  2. Complementarity-determining region - Wikipedia

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    The diversification of the CDR-H3 will ultimately give antibodies their specificity, and ability to recognize antigens [5] Other factors contribute to the antibody-antigen interaction, including amino acid residues. Residues located in particular positions of a CDR loop are used to classify canonical structures. [5]

  3. Framework region - Wikipedia

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    The CDR are the areas of the variable regions in contact with antigen and thus we see the most mutation in these regions. Although, the framework regions of the antibody are also mutated. Studies have shown that when the CDR is blocked from mutation and only the FR is mutated, certain mutations can lead to increased expression and ...

  4. Idiotype - Wikipedia

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    In immunology, an idiotype is a shared characteristic between a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor (TCR) molecules based upon the antigen binding specificity and therefore structure of their variable region. The variable region of antigen receptors of T cells (TCRs) and B cells (immunoglobulins) contain complementarity-determining ...

  5. Hypervariable region - Wikipedia

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    A hypervariable region (HVR) is a location within a sequence where polymorphisms frequently occur. It is used in two contexts: It is used in two contexts: In the case of nucleic acids, an HVR is where base pairs frequently change.

  6. T-cell receptor - Wikipedia

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    The Constant region is proximal to the cell membrane, followed by a transmembrane region and a short cytoplasmic tail, while the Variable region binds to the peptide/MHC complex. The variable domain of both the TCR α-chain and β-chain each have three hypervariable or complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). There is also an additional area ...

  7. Antibody - Wikipedia

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    Rosetta Antibody is a novel antibody F V region structure prediction server, which incorporates sophisticated techniques to minimize CDR loops and optimize the relative orientation of the light and heavy chains, as well as homology models that predict successful docking of antibodies with their unique antigen. [138]

  8. Humanized antibody - Wikipedia

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    Rather, the protein sequence of a humanized antibody is essentially identical to that of a human variant, despite the non-human origin of some of its complementarity-determining region (CDR) segments responsible for the ability of the antibody to bind to its target antigen. Chimeric antibody names contain a -xi-stem.

  9. Immunoglobulin heavy chain - Wikipedia

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    Heavy chains μ and ε have a constant region composed of four domains. [4] a variable region that differs between different B cells, but is the same for all immunoglobulins produced by the same B cell or B cell clone. The variable domain of any heavy chain is composed of a single immunoglobulin domain. These domains are about 110 amino acids ...