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Science 20 November 1987:
Vol. 238. no. 4830, pp. 1088 - 1094
DOI: 10.1126/science.3317826
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Science, Vol 238, Issue 4830, 1088-1094
Copyright © 1987 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Evolutionary and somatic selection of the antibody repertoire in the mouse

K Rajewsky, I Forster, and A Cumano

Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Koln, FRG.

The repertoire of antibody variable (V) regions has been subject to evolutionary selection, affecting both the diversity of V region genes in the germline and their expression in the B lymphocyte population and its subsets. In ontogeny, contact with an antigen leads to the expansion of B cells expressing antibodies complementary to it. In a defined phase of B cell differentiation, new sets of V regions are generated from the existing repertoire through somatic hypermutation. Cells carrying advantageous antibody mutants are selected into the memory compartment and produce a stable secondary response upon reexposure to the antigen.


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