hypervariable residues

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• hypervariable — hy·per·vari·able ver ē ə bəl, var adj relating to or being any of the relatively short polypeptide chain segments in the variable region of an antibody light chain or heavy chain that are extremely variable in the sequence of their amino acid… …   Medical dictionary

• 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 …   Medical dictionary

• hypervariable — ˌ adjective Etymology: hyper + variable (I) : relating to or being any of the relatively short polypeptide chain segments in the variable region of an antibody light chain or heavy chain that are extremely variable in the sequence of their amino… …   Useful english dictionary

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