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Mesh term Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains

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Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains

Description

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.



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