antibody

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A protein (@I02982@) produced by the immune system of an organism in response to exposure to a foreign molecule (@A00394@) and characterized by its specific binding to a site of that molecule (antigenic determinant or @E02171@).
Sources:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 146 [Terms] [Paper]
PAC, 1993, 65, 2003. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)) on page 2014 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'antibody' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00384 RIS BibTex EndNote
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