Immunoglobulin Class Switching
"Immunoglobulin Class Switching" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Gene rearrangement of the B-lymphocyte which results in a substitution in the type of heavy-chain constant region that is expressed. This allows the effector response to change while the antigen binding specificity (variable region) remains the same. The majority of class switching occurs by a DNA recombination event but it also can take place at the level of RNA processing.
| Descriptor ID |
D017578
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.344.401.501.450 G12.500.274.501.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Immunoglobulin Class Switching- Immunoglobulin Class Switching
- Class Switching, Immunoglobulin
- Class Switchings, Immunoglobulin
- Immunoglobulin Class Switchings
- Switching, Immunoglobulin Class
- Switchings, Immunoglobulin Class
- Class Switching
- Class Switchings
- Switching, Class
- Switchings, Class
- Isotype Switching
- Isotype Switchings
- Switching, Isotype
- Switchings, Isotype
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