Article
Control of antigen receptor diversity through spatial regulation of V(D)J recombination.
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology - 1 Jan 2013
Ebert Anja, Medvedovic Jasna, Tagoh Hiromi, Schwickert Tanja A, Busslinger Meinrad
Abstract excerpt
Lymphocytes recognize a vast variety of pathogens by expressing a diverse repertoire of antigen receptor genes that are assembled by V(D)J recombination in immature B cells (Igh, Igk) and T cells (Tcrb, Tcra/d). V(D)J recombination takes place in the 3' proximal domain containing the D, J, and C gene segments, whereas 31 (Tcrb) to 200 (Igh) V genes are spread over a large region of 0.67 (Tcrb) to 3 (Igk) Mb...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antibodies
- B-Lymphocytes
- Chromatin
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Mice
- Models, Genetic
- Multigene Family
- Mutagenesis
- Protein Binding
- Receptors, Antigen
- Transcription Factors
- V(D)J Recombination
- VDJ Recombinases
