How J-chain ensures the assembly of immunoglobulin IgM pentamers
Polymeric IgM immunoglobulins have high avidity for antigen and complement, and dominate primary antibody responses. They are produced either as assemblies of six µ2L2 subunits (i.e., hexamers), or as pentamers of two µ2L2 subunits and an additional protein termed J-chain (JC), which allows transcyt...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157840 |