What Is the Structure of a Monoclonal Antibody?
This image introduces the 5 classes of immunoglobulins (Ig), and highlights the basic structural features of an IgG1 monoclonal antibody.
Topics
- antibody
- antigen
- B lymphocyte
- constant domain
- disulfide bond
- Fab region
- Fc region
- glycoprotein
- glycosylation
- heavy chain
- hinge region
- IgA
- IgD
- IgE
- IgG
- IgG1
- IgM
- immune system
- immunoglobulin
- light chain
- mAb
- monoclonal antibody
- post-translational modification
- PTM
- therapeutic protein
- variable domain
- Y-shaped