Article
Accumulation of somatic mutants in the B cell compartment after primary immunization with a T cell-dependent antigen.
European journal of immunology - 1 Feb 1992
Weiss U, Zoebelein R, Rajewsky K
Abstract excerpt
The accumulation of somatic mutants in splenic B lymphocytes early after primary immunization with the hapten (4-hydroxy-3-nitro-phenyl)acetyl (NP) coupled to chicken gamma globulin (CG) was determined. Rearranged V186.2 heavy chain genes were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction from genomic DNA and subjected to nucleotide sequence analysis. Somatic antibody mutants become detectable on day 6 after...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes
- Base Sequence
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Immunization
- Immunologic Memory
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
