Figure 15. The "Molecule_ReceptorType" concept contains a hierarchy of concept which identify the receptor type at different levels of granularity
Owing to the reciprocal relations "is_defined_by" and "defines" between the "Molecule_ReceptorType"
and the "ChainType" concepts, a given level of granularity of the receptor type corresponds to a given level of
granularity of the chain type. Three levels are general, whereas three additional intermediate levels are required
for the MHC (two of them) and for the IG (one of them). The three general levels are the following:
- the "ReceptorLevelReceptorType" concept identifies a receptor type by reference to its constitutive chains defined
at the level "ReceptorLevelChainType" (Ex: Integrin-Receptor)
- the "PartnerLevelReceptorType" concept identifies a receptor type by reference to its constitutive chains defined
at the level "PartnerLevelChainType" (Ex: Integrin-Alpha_Beta-Receptor)
- the "GeneLevelReceptorType" concept identifies a receptor type by reference to its constitutive chains defined
at the level "GeneLevelChainType" (Ex: Integrin-Alpha1_Beta1-Receptor).
- Created:
- 07/08/2007
- Last updated:
- 22/09/2023
- Authors:
- Véronique Giudicelli and Marie-Paule Lefranc
- Editor:
- Chantal Ginestoux
