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Targeted disruption of mu chain membrane exon causes loss of heavy-chain allelic exclusion.
Nature - 12 Mar 1992
Kitamura D, Rajewsky K
Abstract excerpt
Burnet's clonal selection theory suggests that each B lymphocyte is committed to a single antibody specificity. This is achieved by a programme of somatic rearrangements of the gene segments encoding antibody variable (V) regions, in the course of B-cell development. Evidence from immunoglobulin-transgenic mice and immunoglobulin-gene-transfected transformed pre-B cells suggest that the membrane form of the...
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