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Antibody repertoires generated by VH replacement and direct VH to JH joining.
Immunity - 1 Jul 2006
Koralov Sergei B, Novobrantseva Tatiana I, Königsmann Jessica, Ehlich Andreas, Rajewsky Klaus
Abstract excerpt
The immunoglobulin heavy chain repertoire is generated by somatic rearrangement of variable (V(H)), diversity (D(H)), and joining (J(H)) elements. It can be further diversified by V(H) replacement, where nonrearranged V(H) genes invade preexisting V(H)D(H)J(H) joints. To study the impact and mechanism of V(H) replacement, we generated mice in which antibody production depends on the replacement of a nonproductive...
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