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Maximum-Entropy Models of Sequenced Immune Repertoires Predict Antigen-Antibody Affinity.
PLoS computational biology - 1 Apr 2016
Asti Lorenzo, Uguzzoni Guido, Marcatili Paolo, Pagnani Andrea
Abstract excerpt
The immune system has developed a number of distinct complex mechanisms to shape and control the antibody repertoire. One of these mechanisms, the affinity maturation process, works in an evolutionary-like fashion: after binding to a foreign molecule, the antibody-producing B-cells exhibit a high-frequency mutation rate in the genome region that codes for the antibody active site. Eventually, cells that produce...
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