IGJ

Immunoglobulin J polypeptide, linker protein for immunoglobulin alpha and mu polypeptides
Identifiers
Symbols	IGJ ; IGCJ; JCH
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 16958
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
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Immunoglobulin J polypeptide, linker protein for immunoglobulin alpha and mu polypeptides, also known as IGJ, is a human gene.

Further reading

• Koshland ME (1986). "The coming of age of the immunoglobulin J chain". Annu. Rev. Immunol. 3: 425–53. doi:10.1146/annurev.iy.03.040185.002233. PMID 2415140.
• Tartakoff A, Vassalli P (1980). "Plasma cell immunoglobulin M molecules. Their biosynthesis, assembly, and intracellular transport". J. Cell Biol. 83 (2 Pt 1): 284–99. PMID 115892.
• Mole JE, Bhown AS, Bennett JC (1977). "Primary structure of human J chain: alignment of peptides from chemical and enzymatic hydrolyses". Biochemistry. 16 (16): 3507–13. PMID 407930.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bastian A, Kratzin H, Eckart K, Hilschmann N (1993). "Intra- and interchain disulfide bridges of the human J chain in secretory immunoglobulin A.". Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler. 373 (12): 1255–63. PMID 1292512.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Frutiger S, Hughes GJ, Paquet N; et al. (1993). "Disulfide bond assignment in human J chain and its covalent pairing with immunoglobulin M.". Biochemistry. 31 (50): 12643–7. PMID 1472500.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Moro I, Iwase T, Komiyama K; et al. (1990). "Immunoglobulin A (IgA) polymerization sites in human immunocytes: immunoelectron microscopic study". Cell Struct. Funct. 15 (2): 85–91. PMID 2113434.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Alberini CM, Bet P, Milstein C, Sitia R (1990). "Secretion of immunoglobulin M assembly intermediates in the presence of reducing agents". Nature. 347 (6292): 485–7. doi:10.1038/347485a0. PMID 2120591.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Max EE, Korsmeyer SJ (1985). "Human J chain gene. Structure and expression in B lymphoid cells". J. Exp. Med. 161 (4): 832–49. PMID 2984306.
• Max EE, McBride OW, Morton CC, Robinson MA (1986). "Human J chain gene: chromosomal localization and associated restriction fragment length polymorphisms". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83 (15): 5592–6. PMID 3016707.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sumi Y, Nagura H, Kaneda T, Oka T (1989). "Immunoelectron microscopical localization of immunoglobulins, secretory component and J chain in the human minor salivary glands". J. Oral Pathol. 17 (8): 390–5. PMID 3146624.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hajdu I, Moldoveanu Z, Cooper MD, Mestecky J (1984). "Ultrastructural studies of human lymphoid cells. mu and J chain expression as a function of B cell differentiation". J. Exp. Med. 158 (6): 1993–2006. PMID 6417260.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Yasuda N, Kanoh T, Uchino H (1980). "J chain synthesis in human myeloma cells: light and electron microscopic studies". Clin. Exp. Immunol. 40 (3): 573–80. PMID 6774844.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Harper SJ, Allen AC, Béné MC; et al. (1995). "Increased dimeric IgA-producing B cells in tonsils in IgA nephropathy determined by in situ hybridization for J chain mRNA". Clin. Exp. Immunol. 101 (3): 442–8. PMID 7664491.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Iwase T, Saito I, Takahashi T; et al. (1994). "Early expression of human J chain and mu chain gene in the fetal liver". Cell Struct. Funct. 18 (5): 297–302. PMID 8168154.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Harper SJ, Pringle JH, Wicks AC; et al. (1994). "Expression of J chain mRNA in duodenal IgA plasma cells in IgA nephropathy". Kidney Int. 45 (3): 836–44. PMID 8196286.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bjercke S, Brandtzaeg P (1994). "Glandular distribution of immunoglobulins, J chain, secretory component, and HLA-DR in the human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle". Hum. Reprod. 8 (9): 1420–5. PMID 8253928.
• Bertrand FE, Billips LG, Gartland GL; et al. (1996). "The J chain gene is transcribed during B and T lymphopoiesis in humans". J. Immunol. 156 (11): 4240–4. PMID 8666793.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Atkin JD, Pleass RJ, Owens RJ, Woof JM (1996). "Mutagenesis of the human IgA1 heavy chain tailpiece that prevents dimer assembly". J. Immunol. 157 (1): 156–9. PMID 8683109.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)