= Antibody hinge region
The <antibody hinge region> is a flexible <IgG> <immunoglobulin heavy chain> segment between $C_{H1}$ and $C_{H2}$ containing inter-heavy-chain <disulfide bonds>.<Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease, 5th edition by Charles A. Janeway, Jr. and others/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]{ref}
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