Structured Summary
Abstract
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.
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Synonyms
13 entry terms
- Heavy-Chain Immunoglobulins
- Ig Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
- Immunoglobulins, Heavy-Chain
- Heavy Chain Immunoglobulins
- Heavy Chain, Immunoglobulin
- Heavy Chains, Ig
- Heavy Chains, Immunoglobulin
- Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH-I
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH-III
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH I
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH III
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23 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
gammopathy: coordinate IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS (IM) with PARAPROTEINEMIAS (IM) but consider also HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (IM) or HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE (IM), follow text
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History Note
2006 (1973)
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Previous Indexing
- Immunoglobulin Fragments (1973-1974)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007143. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007143
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin_heavy_chain
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3776943