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Abstract
Diversification strategies for immunoglobulins vary widely in different species. Here, Jean-Claude Weill and Claude-Agnès Reynaud argue that V(D)J recombination arose as a means for achieving allelic exclusion rather than diversity, and postulate that the choice of a diversification strategy is selected along with a specific site of B-cell differentiation. They propose that somatic mutation and gene conversion represent analogous molecular strategies occurring in specific chromatin accessibility contexts.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8808057 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(96)80586-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunol Today ISSN: 0167-5699