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Somatic mutation and CDR3 lengths of immunoglobulin kappa light chains expressed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in normal individuals.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 1995
Bridges S L, Lee S K, Johnson M L, Lavelle J C, Fowler P G, Koopman W J, Schroeder H W
Abstract excerpt
Immunoglobulin secretion by plasma cells infiltrating synovial membranes is a prominent feature of RA. Previous analyses of a cDNA library generated from synovium of RA patient BC revealed immunoglobulin kappa light chain transcripts with extensive somatic mutation, frequent N region addition, and unexpected variation in the lengths of CDR3 regions which form the center of the antigen binding site. To determine...
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