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... > 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
... > 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

Preferred term

Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

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

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Chaines alpha des immunoglobulines

    French

  • Chaines alpha des Ig
  • Chaînes alpha des immunoglobulines
  • Chaines lourdes alpha des Ig
  • Chaines lourdes alpha des immunoglobulines
  • Chaines lourdes des IgA
  • Chaines lourdes des immunoglobulines A

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GDVR0T41-4

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