Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
"Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The largest of polypeptide chains comprising immunoglobulins. They contain 450 to 600 amino acid residues per chain, and have molecular weights of 51-72 kDa.
| Descriptor ID |
D007143
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.485.705.500 D12.776.124.790.651.705.500 D12.776.377.715.548.705.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Heavy Chains, Immunoglobulin
- Ig Heavy Chains
- Heavy Chains, Ig
- Immunoglobulins, Heavy-Chain
- Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain
- Heavy-Chain Immunoglobulins
- Heavy Chain Immunoglobulins
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
- Heavy Chain, Immunoglobulin
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Irreversible heavy chain transfer to hyaluronan oligosaccharides by tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jan 04; 288(1):205-14.
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Lineage and stage specificity of isotype switching in humans. J Immunol. 1988 Nov 15; 141(10):3625-33.
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Isotype switching in human B lymphocyte malignancies occurs by DNA deletion: evidence for nonspecific switch recombination. J Immunol. 1987 Aug 15; 139(4):1326-35.