lambda chain


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lambda chain

[′lam·də ‚chān]
(immunology)
A 22-kilodalton protein that is one of the two forms of smaller polypeptide chains (known as light chains) that occur in immunoglobulins.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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