Medical Dictionary
kappa chain
noun kap·pa chain
Medical Definition of KAPPA CHAIN
: a polypeptide chain of one of the two types of light chain that are found in antibodies and can be distinguished antigenically and by the sequence of amino acids in the chain—compare lambda chain
Variants of KAPPA CHAIN
kap·pa chain or κ chain \ˈkap-ə-\
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