Relative roles of somatic and Darwinian evolution in shaping the antibody response

Immunologic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 89-102

  Diaz, M ^a   Klinman, N R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Evolution of immune system; Germinal center; Memory B cells; Neonatal repertoire; Reading frame; Somatic hypermutation; Surrogate light chain; Tolerance; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033843089     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/IR:21:2-3:89     Document Type: Article

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