Antibodies 101: Isotypes
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Oct. 19, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
...places they can’t reach on their own. The antibody’s heavy-chain constant domains, or Fc region, can be bound...isotypes.
Binding to complement system proteins, which can initiate a cascade that helps attack extracellular...useful to know the isotype of an antibody so you can select an appropriate isotype control. An isotype...There are two IgA subclasses: IgA1 and IgA2.
You can learn more about isotype classes in our Antibodies... constant domain gene cluster. DNA recombination can delete intervening heavy-chain constant domain genes... antibodies
Read about other techniques that you can use antibodies for in our Intro to Antibodies post...