An immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene is formed by at least two recombinational events. 1980

M M Davis, and K Calame, and P W Early, and D L Livant, and R Joho, and I L Weissman, and L Hood

The events of B-cell differentiation can be reconstructed in part through an analysis of the organisation of heavy-chain gene segments in differentiated B cells. A mouse immunoglobulin alpha heavy-chain gene is composed of at least three noncontiguous germ-line DNA segments--a VH gene segment, a JH gene segment associated with the Cmu gene segment, and the C alpha gene segment. These gene segments are joined together by two distinct types of DNA rearrangements--a V-J joining and a CH switch.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007137 Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains The class of heavy chains found in IMMUNOGLOBULIN A. They have a molecular weight of approximately 58 kDa and contain about 470 amino acid residues arranged in four domains and an oligosaccharide component bound covalently to their Fc fragment constant region. Ig alpha Chains,Immunoglobulins, alpha-Chain,Immunoglobulin alpha-Chain,alpha-Chain Immunoglobulins,alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain,alpha-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains,Chains, Ig alpha,Heavy Chain, alpha-Immunoglobulin,Heavy Chains, alpha-Immunoglobulin,Immunoglobulin alpha Chain,Immunoglobulin alpha Chains,Immunoglobulins, alpha Chain,alpha Chain Immunoglobulins,alpha Chains, Ig,alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain,alpha Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains,alpha-Chain, Immunoglobulin,alpha-Chains, Immunoglobulin
D007143 Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains The largest of polypeptide chains comprising immunoglobulins. They contain 450 to 600 amino acid residues per chain, and have molecular weights of 51-72 kDa. Immunoglobulins, Heavy-Chain,Heavy-Chain Immunoglobulins,Ig Heavy Chains,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH-I,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH-III,Heavy Chain Immunoglobulins,Heavy Chain, Immunoglobulin,Heavy Chains, Ig,Heavy Chains, Immunoglobulin,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH I,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH III,Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain
D007148 Immunoglobulin mu-Chains The class of heavy chains found in IMMUNOGLOBULIN M. They have a molecular weight of approximately 72 kDa and they contain about 57 amino acid residues arranged in five domains and have more oligosaccharide branches and a higher carbohydrate content than the heavy chains of IMMUNOGLOBULIN G. Ig mu Chains,Immunoglobulins, mu-Chain,Immunoglobulin mu-Chain,mu Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain,mu Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains,mu-Chain Immunoglobulins,Chains, Ig mu,Immunoglobulin mu Chain,Immunoglobulin mu Chains,Immunoglobulins, mu Chain,mu Chain Immunoglobulins,mu Chains, Ig,mu-Chain, Immunoglobulin,mu-Chains, Immunoglobulin
D008297 Male Males
D009194 Myeloma Proteins Abnormal immunoglobulins characteristic of MULTIPLE MYELOMA. M Components,Proteins, Myeloma
D010950 Plasma Cells Specialized forms of antibody-producing B-LYMPHOCYTES. They synthesize and secrete immunoglobulin. They are found only in lymphoid organs and at sites of immune responses and normally do not circulate in the blood or lymph. (Rosen et al., Dictionary of Immunology, 1989, p169 & Abbas et al., Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 2d ed, p20) Plasmacytes,Cell, Plasma,Cells, Plasma,Plasma Cell,Plasmacyte
D011995 Recombination, Genetic Production of new arrangements of DNA by various mechanisms such as assortment and segregation, CROSSING OVER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC CONJUGATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; or mixed infection of viruses. Genetic Recombination,Recombination,Genetic Recombinations,Recombinations,Recombinations, Genetic
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D005796 Genes A category of nucleic acid sequences that function as units of heredity and which code for the basic instructions for the development, reproduction, and maintenance of organisms. Cistron,Gene,Genetic Materials,Cistrons,Genetic Material,Material, Genetic,Materials, Genetic

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