V(D)J Recombination and the Evolution of the Adaptive Immune System

AUTOR(ES)

Market, Eleonora

FONTE

Public Library of Science

RESUMO

In order for the immune system to generate its vast numbers of receptors, B- and T-cell receptor genes are created by recombining preexisting gene segments. This well- coordinated set of reactions is explained

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