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Abstract
The class of heavy chains found in IMMUNOGLOBULIN D. They have a molecular weight of approximately 64 kDa and they contain about 500 amino acid residues arranged in four domains and an oligosaccharide component covalently bound to the Fc fragment constant region.
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- Ig delta Chains
- Immunoglobulin delta-Chain
- Immunoglobulins, delta-Chain
- delta Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
- delta Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- delta-Chain Immunoglobulins
- Chains, Ig delta
- Immunoglobulin delta Chain
- Immunoglobulin delta Chains
- Immunoglobulins, delta Chain
- delta Chain Immunoglobulins
- delta Chains, Ig
- delta-Chain, Immunoglobulin
- delta-Chains, Immunoglobulin
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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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gammopathy: coordinate IMMUNOGLOBULIN DELTA-CHAINS (IM) with PARAPROTEINEMIAS (IM) but consider also HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (IM) or HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE (IM), follow text; DF: IG DELTA CHAIN
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History Note
2006 (1976)
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Previous Indexing
- IgD (1973-1975)
- Immunoglobulin Fragments (1973-1975)
- Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain (1975)
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- National Library of Medicine. Immunoglobulin delta-Chains. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007138. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007138
- Immunoglobulin delta-Chains. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76694310