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Descriptor English: Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
Descriptor Spanish: Cadenas alfa de Inmunoglobulina
Descriptor cadenas alfa de las inmunoglobulinas
Entry term(s) cadena alfa de inmunoglobulinas
cadenas alfa de las Ig
Scope note: Clase de cadenas pesadas de la INMUNOGLOBULINA A. Tienen un peso molecular de aproximadamente 58 kDa y contienen aproximadamente 470 residuos de aminoácidos en cuatro dominios y un componente oligosacárido unido covalentemente a la región constante de su fragmento Fc.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cadeias alfa de Imunoglobulina
Descriptor French: Chaines alpha des immunoglobulines
Entry term(s): Chains, Ig alpha
Heavy Chain, alpha-Immunoglobulin
Heavy Chains, alpha-Immunoglobulin
Ig alpha Chains
Immunoglobulin alpha Chain
Immunoglobulin alpha Chains
Immunoglobulin alpha-Chain
Immunoglobulins, alpha Chain
Immunoglobulins, alpha-Chain
alpha Chain Immunoglobulins
alpha Chains, Ig
alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
alpha-Chain Immunoglobulins
alpha-Chain, Immunoglobulin
alpha-Chains, Immunoglobulin
alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
Tree number(s): D12.776.124.486.485.114.619.026.515
D12.776.124.486.485.705.500.350
D12.776.124.790.651.114.619.026.515
D12.776.124.790.651.705.500.350
D12.776.377.715.548.114.619.026.515
D12.776.377.715.548.705.500.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007137
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: gammopathy: coordinate IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS (IM) with PARAPROTEINEMIAS (IM) but consider also HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (IM) or ALPHA-CHAIN DISEASE (IM), follow text; DF: IG ALPHA CHAIN
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Pharm Action: Immunologic Factors
Previous Indexing: IgA (1973-1975)
Immunoglobulin Fragments (1973-1975)
Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain (1975)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see IMMUNOGLOBULINS, ALPHA-CHAIN 1992-2005, see IMMUNOGLOBULINS, ALPHA CHAIN 1991, see IMMUNOGLOBULINS, HEAVY CHAIN 1976-1990
History Note: 2006 (1976)
Entry Version: IG ALPHA CHAINS
DeCS ID: 30358
Unique ID: D007137
NLM Classification: QW 601
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/18
Revision Date: 2019/07/05
Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains - Preferred
Concept UI M0011123
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains
Entry term(s) Chains, Ig alpha
Heavy Chain, alpha-Immunoglobulin
Heavy Chains, alpha-Immunoglobulin
Ig alpha Chains
Immunoglobulin alpha Chain
Immunoglobulin alpha Chains
Immunoglobulin alpha-Chain
Immunoglobulins, alpha Chain
Immunoglobulins, alpha-Chain
alpha Chain Immunoglobulins
alpha Chains, Ig
alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
alpha-Chain Immunoglobulins
alpha-Chain, Immunoglobulin
alpha-Chains, Immunoglobulin
alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains



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