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Immunoglobulin Constant Regions

The domains of the immunoglobulin molecules that are invariable in their amino acid sequence within any class or subclass of immunoglobulin. They confer biological as well as structural functions to immunoglobulins. One each on both the light chains and the heavy chains comprises the C-terminus half of the IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENT and two or three of them make up the rest of the heavy chains (all of the IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT)

Year introduced: 2006 (1979)

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Tree Number(s): D12.776.124.486.485.538, D12.776.124.790.651.538, D12.776.377.715.548.538

MeSH Unique ID: D007127

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  • Constant Regions, Immunoglobulin
  • Ig Constant Regions
  • Constant Regions, Ig
  • Regions, Ig Constant
  • Constant Region, Ig
  • Immunoglobulin Constant Region
  • Constant Region, Immunoglobulin

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