See Also: immunoglobulins, j-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, mu-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, gamma-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, heavy-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, kappa-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, epsilon-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, lambda-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, light-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, delta-chain(medicine)
immunoglobulins, alpha-chain(medicine)

immunoglobulins, mu-chain (medicine)


immunoglobulins, mu-chain
Heavy chains found in the fab and fc fragments of IgM and having a molecular weight of approximately 72 kD. 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 IgG.