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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Subunits > Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Immunoglobulins > Immunoglobulin Subunits > Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains

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Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains  

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Entry terms

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

Note

  • gammopathy: coordinate IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS (IM) with PARAPROTEINEMIAS (IM) but consider also HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (IM) or HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE (IM), follow text

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2006 (1973)

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