Mechanism of Mismatch Repair Induced Mutagenesis in Somatic Hypermutation

B cells produce a diverse array of antibody specificities that are of low affinity during the initial phase of a humoral immune response. However, somatic hypermutation of the rearranged V region in the immunoglobulin locus generates new antibody affinities, accompanied by the selection of B cells t...

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Main Author: Frieder, Darina
Other Authors: Martin, Alberto
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24345