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Structural analysis of substitution patterns in alleles of human immunoglobulin VH genes.
Molecular immunology - 1 May 2005
Romo-González Tania, Vargas-Madrazo Enrique
Abstract excerpt
The diversity in repertoires of antibodies (Abs) needed in response to the antigen challenge is produced by evolutionary and somatic processes. The mechanisms operating at a somatic level have been studied in great detail. In contrast, neither the mechanisms nor the strategies of diversification at an evolutionary level have yet been understood in similar detail. Particularly, the substitution patterns in alleles...
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