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Preferred term

Immunoglobulin Switch Region  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A site located in the INTRONS at the 5' end of each constant region segment of a immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene where recombination (or rearrangement) occur during IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING. Ig switch regions are found on genes encoding all five classes (IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES) of IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS.

Entry terms

  • Ig Switch Region
  • Ig Switch Sequences
  • Switch Region, Immunoglobulin

In other languages

  • French

  • Région S d'immunoglobuline
  • Région switch d'immunoglobuline
  • Séquence de commutation des immunoglobulines
  • Séquences S d'Ig
  • Séquences switch d'Ig

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QCGRCZTL-6

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