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Specialty Expressions: IMMUNOGLOBULIN JOINING REGION

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Immunoglobulin Joining RegionHealthSegment of light and heavy chains of mouse and human immunoglobulins where the genes for the variable region upstream join those of the constant region downstream (an important part of the antibody diversity mechanism). In the joining region of the light chain are the genes coding for amino acids 96 to 107. (references)

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