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Somatic hypermutation of the T cell receptor V beta gene in microdissected splenic white pulps from HIV-1-positive patients.
European journal of immunology - 1 May 1998
Cheynier R, Henrichwark S, Wain-Hobson S
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutation of rearranged immunoglobulin V genes occurs in germinal centers (GC), resulting in affinity maturation of the immune response. Rearranged T cell receptor (TCR) genes were thought to be excluded from this process despite similarities in their gene structure. Somatic mutations were found among TCR V alpha (TCRAV) chains of antigen-specific T cells localized in GC of mice. Here, somatically mutated...
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