Preferred Label : immunoglobulin switch region;
MeSH definition : A site located in the INTRONS at the 5' end of each constant region segment of a immunoglobulin
heavy-chain gene where recombination (or rearrangement) occur during IMMUNOGLOBULIN
CLASS SWITCHING. Ig switch regions are found on genes encoding all five classes (IMMUNOGLOBULIN
ISOTYPES) of IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS.;
MeSH synonym : ig switch sequences; sequence, ig switch; switch sequence, ig; switch sequences, ig; ig switch sequence; regions, immunoglobulin switch; sequences, ig switch; switch region, immunoglobulin; immunoglobulin switch regions; region, immunoglobulin switch; switch regions, immunoglobulin; Ig Switch Region; Ig Switch Regions; Region, Ig Switch; Regions, Ig Switch; Switch Region, Ig; Switch Regions, Ig;
MeSH hyponym : Heavy-Chain mu switch region;
MeSH annotation : DF: IG SWITCH REGION;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D007134;
UMLS CUI : C0021021;
Allowable qualifiers
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Record concept(s)
- See also
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
A site located in the INTRONS at the 5' end of each constant region segment of a immunoglobulin
heavy-chain gene where recombination (or rearrangement) occur during IMMUNOGLOBULIN
CLASS SWITCHING. Ig switch regions are found on genes encoding all five classes (IMMUNOGLOBULIN
ISOTYPES) of IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS.
