Preferred Label : immunoglobulin variable region;
MeSH definition : That region of the immunoglobulin molecule that varies in its amino acid sequence
and composition, and comprises the binding site for a specific antigen. It is located
at the N-terminus of the Fab fragment of the immunoglobulin. It includes hypervariable
regions (COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS) and framework regions.;
MeSH synonym : immunoglobulin v; variable region, immunoglobulin; variable regions, immunoglobulin; variable region, ig; immunoglobulin variable regions; regions, immunoglobulin variable; ig variable region; ig variable regions; variable regions, ig;
MeSH hyponym : framework region, immunoglobulin; Framework Regions, Immunoglobulin; Immunoglobulin Framework Regions; Ig Framework Region; Framework Region, Ig; Framework Regions, Ig; Ig Framework Regions; Immunoglobulin Framework Region;
Related MeSH term : immunoglobulin fv fragments; Fragment, Immunoglobulin Fv; Fragments, Immunoglobulin Fv; Fv Fragment, Immunoglobulin; Fv Fragments, Immunoglobulin; Immunoglobulin Fv Fragment; Fv Antibody Fragments; Antibody Fragment, Fv; Antibody Fragments, Fv; Fragment, Fv Antibody; Fragments, Fv Antibody; Fv Antibody Fragment; Fv Fragments; Fragment, Fv; Fragments, Fv; Fv Fragment;
MeSH annotation : DF: IG VARIABLE REGION;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D007135;
UMLS CUI : C0877857;
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- LMB-11 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
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UMLS correspondences (same concept)
That region of the immunoglobulin molecule that varies in its amino acid sequence
and composition, and comprises the binding site for a specific antigen. It is located
at the N-terminus of the Fab fragment of the immunoglobulin. It includes hypervariable
regions (COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS) and framework regions.