chimeric antigen receptor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A receptor protein engineered to give T cells the (new) ability to attach to a specific target protein.

Word forms

chimeric antigen receptor chimeric antigen receptors

Synonyms

CAR chimeric immunoreceptor chimeric T cell receptor artificial T cell receptor

Derived words

CAR therapy CAR T cell chimeric antigen receptor T cell
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