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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Immunoglobulin Isotypes > Immunoglobulin A > Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Immunoglobulin Isotypes > Immunoglobulin A > Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Immunoglobulin Isotypes > Immunoglobulin A > Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Subunits > Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains > Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Subunits > Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains > Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Subunits > Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains > Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains

Preferred term

Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • alpha-Chain, Immunoglobulin
  • alpha Chain Immunoglobulins
  • alpha-Chain Immunoglobulins
  • alpha Chains, Ig
  • alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
  • alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
  • alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Chains, Ig alpha
  • Heavy Chain, alpha-Immunoglobulin
  • Heavy Chains, alpha-Immunoglobulin
  • Ig alpha Chains
  • Immunoglobulin alpha Chain
  • Immunoglobulin alpha-Chain
  • Immunoglobulins, alpha Chain
  • Immunoglobulins, alpha-Chain

Note

  • gammopathy: coordinate IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS (IM) with PARAPROTEINEMIAS (IM) but consider also HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (IM) or ALPHA-CHAIN DISEASE (IM), follow text; DF: IG ALPHA CHAIN

Scope note

  • The class of heavy chains found in IMMUNOGLOBULIN A. They have a molecular weight of approximately 58 kDa and contain about 470 amino acid residues arranged in four domains and an oligosaccharide component bound covalently to their Fc fragment constant region.

History note

  • 2006 (1976)

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