See Also: cicatrectomy(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Immunoglobulins(medicine)
Immunoglobulins(health)
immunoglobulins, fc(medicine)
immunoglobulins, fab(medicine)
immunoglobulins, surface(medicine)
immunoglobulins, j-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, mu-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, intravenous(medicine)

immunoglobulins, j-chain (medicine) and cicatrectomy (medicine)


immunoglobulins, j-chain (medicine)


immunoglobulins, j-chain


The immunoglobulin fragments found in the light chain fractions of secretory IgA and polymeric IgM in a ratio of one j chain per one IgA dimer or one IgM pentamer. It is a polypeptide with a molecular weight of about 17 kD and probably serves either to bind the components of the globulins together or to transfer the globulins across membranes.


cicatrectomy (medicine)


cicatrectomy
<procedure> Excision of a scar.

Origin: L. Cicatrix, scar, + G. Ektome, excision