Article
Somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes.
Annual review of immunology - 1 Jan 1996
Wagner S D, Neuberger M S
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between somatic hypermutation and affinity maturation in the mouse is delineated. Recent work on the anatomical and cellular site of this process is surveyed. The molecular characteristics of somatic hypermutation are described in terms of the region mutated and the distinctive patterns of nucleotide changes that are observed. The results of experiments utilizing transgenic mice to find out the...
Topics
- Animals
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Mutation
