Publication Date:
1983-06-10
Description:
An important question concerning the mechanism of somatic mutation of immunoglobulin variable (V) genes is whether it involves all of the numerous V genes in a differentiated B cell, independent of location, or if it is restricted to a particular chromosomal site. Comparison of the sequence of two alleles of a given V gene shows that the mutations are limited to the rearranged V gene, while the same V gene on the other chromosome has not undergone mutation. This indicates that a V gene sequence alone is not sufficient for somatic mutation to take place. The mutation is therefore restricted to the rearranged V gene and consequently does not occur before rearrangement.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gorski, J -- Rollini, P -- Mach, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Jun 10;220(4602):1179-81.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6857243" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites, Antibody/*genetics
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Chromosomes/physiology
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DNA/genetics
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*Genes
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Immunoglobulin Constant Regions/genetics
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Immunoglobulin Variable Region/*genetics
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Immunoglobulins/genetics
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Lymphocytes/metabolism
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Mice
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*Mutation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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