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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Immunoglobulin Isotypes > Immunoglobulin M
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Immunoglobulin Isotypes > Immunoglobulin M
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Immunoglobulins > Antibodies > Immunoglobulin Isotypes > Immunoglobulin M

Preferred term

Immunoglobulin M  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A class of immunoglobulin bearing mu chains (IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS). IgM can fix COMPLEMENT. The name comes from its high molecular weight and originally was called a macroglobulin.

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Entry terms

  • Gamma Globulin, 19S
  • IgM
  • IgM Antibody

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In other languages

  • Immunoglobuline M

    French

  • Gamma-globuline 19S
  • Gammaglobuline 19S
  • Globuline gamma 19S
  • IgM

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FRMW7KTX-B

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