Functional Versatility of AGY Serine Codons in Immunoglobulin Variable Region Genes

In systemic autoimmunity, autoantibodies directed against nuclear antigens (Ag) often arise by somatic hypermutation (SHM) that converts AGT and AGC (AGY) Ser codons into Arg codons. This can occur by three different single-base changes. Curiously, AGY Ser codons are far more abundant in complemen...

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Main Authors: Thiago Detanico, Matthew Phillips, Lawrence J. Wysocki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00525/full