Antibody hinge region
ID: antibody-hinge-region
The antibody hinge region is a flexible IgG immunoglobulin heavy chain segment between and containing inter-heavy-chain disulfide bonds.[ref]
The structure of a typical antibody molecule. Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease, 5th edition by Charles A. Janeway, Jr. and others; §3-3 and Figure 3.3: hinge and cleavage on the amino-terminal side of its inter-heavy-chain disulfides
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