Mesh term Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
Browse to parent terms:Immunoglobulins
Receptors, Antigen
Description
IMMUNOGLOBULINS on the surface of B-LYMPHOCYTES. Their MESSENGER RNA contains an EXON with a membrane spanning sequence, producing immunoglobulins in the form of type I transmembrane proteins as opposed to secreted immunoglobulins (ANTIBODIES) which do not contain the membrane spanning segment.Browse to child terms:
CD79 Antigens
Pre-B Cell Receptors
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