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Key mutations stabilize antigen-binding conformation during affinity maturation of a broadly neutralizing influenza antibody lineage.
Proteins - 1 Apr 2015
Xu Huafeng, Schmidt Aaron G, O'Donnell Timothy, Therkelsen Matthew D, Kepler Thomas B, Moody M Anthony, Haynes Barton F, Liao Hua-Xin, Harrison Stephen C, Shaw David E
Abstract excerpt
Affinity maturation, the process in which somatic hypermutation and positive selection generate antibodies with increasing affinity for an antigen, is pivotal in acquired humoral immunity. We have studied the mechanism of affinity gain in a human B-cell lineage in which two main maturation pathways, diverging from a common ancestor, lead to three mature antibodies that neutralize a broad range of H1 influenza...
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