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One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts.

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  • The naming of the long chains forms the bases for the names of the five so called immunoglobulin classes: IgM, IgD, IgG and so on.
  • A lot of organisms already possess extra constant regions that can be expressed through alternative splicing i.e. the delta region, or IgD
  • Of these proteins, the role of IgD is least understood.
  • This difference contrasted with similar numbers of BM parenchymal Pro-B, Pre-B and immature IgD
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