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Recruiting memory B cells with changed antigenic specificity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 1993
Ellenberger J, Creadon G, Zhang X, Wysocki L J
Abstract excerpt
During T cell-dependent antibody responses, the V region genes of responding B lymphocytes are physiologically mutated at a high rate. An intense selection process expands subclones of B cells producing mutant antibodies that bind Ag optimally. This implies that most mutant B cells and their antibody products are unselected and not often observed by conventional hybridoma or serum sampling procedures. Herein we...
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