Antibodies 101: Isotypes
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Blog Post
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Oct. 19, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
...downstream of the variable region gene in this order: μ, δ, γ, ε, and α. An antibody variable gene is initially...heavy chain, light chain, constant region, and variable region.
Why are antibody isotypes important... heavy chain constant domain it pairs with its variable chain domain. B cells start by co-expressing IgM...antibodies, but later in an immune response, the variable region of an antibody is paired with any of the...intervening DNA sequence is deleted, which places the variable region next to a different constant domain gene...heavy-chain constant domain genes, placing the variable domain genes next to a different constant domain...the B cell expressing an antibody with the same variable domain but a different heavy-chain constant domain...