hypervariable regions

hypervariable regions
regions a few amino acids in length within immunoglobulin heavy and light chain variable regions at which the amino acid sequence is extremely variable; there are three in light chains and four in heavy chains. They contain most of the amino acid residues forming the antigen-binding site.

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