antibody

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A protein (@[email protected]) produced by the immune system of an organism in response to exposure to a foreign molecule (@[email protected]) and characterized by its specific binding to a site of that molecule (antigenic determinant or @[email protected]).
Sources:
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PAC, 1993, 65, 2003. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)) on page 2014 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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