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... > Information Science > Information Sources > Information Services > Documentation > Molecular Sequence Data > Amino Acid Sequence > Immunoglobulin Variable Region > Immunoglobulin Joining Region
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Amino Acid Sequence > Immunoglobulin Variable Region > Immunoglobulin Joining Region
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Fragments > Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments > Immunoglobulin Variable Region > Immunoglobulin Joining Region
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Fragments > Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments > Immunoglobulin Variable Region > Immunoglobulin Joining Region
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Fragments > Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments > Immunoglobulin Variable Region > Immunoglobulin Joining Region
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Fragments > Immunoglobulin Fragments > Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments > Immunoglobulin Variable Region > Immunoglobulin Joining Region

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Immunoglobulin Joining Region  

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Entry terms

  • Ig Joining Region
  • Joining Region, Ig

Scope note

  • A segment of the immunoglobulin heavy chains, encoded by the IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENES in the J segment where, during the maturation of B-LYMPHOCYTES; the gene segment for the variable region upstream is joined to a constant region gene segment downstream. The exact position of joining of the two gene segments is variable and contributes to ANTIBODY DIVERSITY. It is distinguished from the IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAINS; a separate polypeptide that serves as a linkage piece in polymeric IGA or IGM.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007133

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