Article
Secondary rearrangements and hypermutation generate sufficient B cell diversity to mount protective antiviral immunoglobulin responses.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 7 Jun 1999
López-Macías C, Kalinke U, Cascalho M, Wabl M, Hengartner H, Zinkernagel R M, Lamarre A
Abstract excerpt
Variable (V) region gene replacement was recently implicated in B cell repertoire diversification, but the contribution of this mechanism to antibody responses is still unknown. To investigate the role of V gene replacements in the generation of antigen-specific antibodies, we analyzed antiviral immunoglobulin responses of "quasimonoclonal" (QM) mice. The B cells of QM mice are genetically committed to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
