Antibodies 101: Isotypes
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Blog Post
Published
Oct. 19, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
...constant genes μ and ẟ. These are the first two genes in the heavy-chain constant domain gene cluster....constant domain genes, placing the variable domain genes next to a different constant domain gene. This process...Heavy chain constant genes are clustered together downstream of the variable region gene in this order: μ,...constant domain gene. For example if a B cell switches to producing IgE antibodies, the gene segments for...nomenclature. Antibody heavy chain proteins as well as the genes that encode those proteins are designated by the...μ, δ, γ, ε, and α. An antibody variable gene is initially expressed with the IgM and IgD constant domains...domains because they are the first constant domain genes in the cluster. However, when B cells switch to ...