Talk:Isotype (immunology)

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Not sure this is the correct title for this page, unless it is expanded to mention other types of immune system related molecules. An isotype usually refers to any related proteins/genes from a particular gene family. If antibodies are all this article is about, then maybe the page should be renamed Immunoglobulin isotype. Ciar 05:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

As it is now, this article seems to confuse immunoglobulin isotypes and types of polypeptide chains. Since I have not been active in this area of Wikipedia I hesitate to make significant changes, but it seems to me that unless this article is much expanded the information in it (corrected) could perfectly well be located in the "Isotypes" section of the "Antibody" article. 24.36.35.188 (talk) 14:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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