Cluster determinant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002145",
  "term": "Cluster determinant",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A set of related antigens that together make up one marker on the surface of a cell and that antibodies bind. It is an older and looser expression that should not be confused with cluster of differentiation, the numbered CD system, such as CD4 and CD8, that classifies leukocyte surface molecules by the monoclonal antibodies that recognise them.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "cluster of differentiation antigen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1145 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/cluster-determinant/"
}