Does the light chain of IgG differ even for the same subclass?

Nav Hh @Nav_Hh

10 October 2018 0 6K Report

Hi,

For mAb, the light chain contains the highly variable region which is responsible for binding to the antigen.

Are these regions different for even the same subclass?

For example, the variable of IgG1 different from each other?

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