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constant region

n :  the part of the polypeptide chain of a light or heavy chain of an antibody that ends in a free carboxyl group ----COOH and that is relatively constant in its sequence of amino acid residues from one antibody to another - called also constant domain  - compare VARIABLE REGION  .
 
 

 
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