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Immunoglobulin light-chain genes in the rhesus macaque II: lambda light-chain germline sequences for subgroups IGLV1, IGLV2, IGLV3, IGLV4 and IGLV5.
Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2005
Howard Wendy A, Bible Jon M, Finlay-Dijsselbloem Eva, Openshaw Sam, Dunn-Walters Deborah K
Abstract excerpt
The combined processes of immunoglobulin (IG) gene rearrangement and somatic hypermutation allow for the creation of an extremely diverse antibody repertoire. Knowledge of the germline sequence of the IG genes is required so that hypermutation and the affinity matured humoral response can be properly studied. Variable region genes can be arranged into subgroups; in humans, there are 11 IGLV subgroups and 6 IGKV...
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