Evolutive emergence and divergence of an Ig regulatory node: An environmental sensor getting cues from the aryl hydrocarbon receptor?

P D'Addabbo, D Frezza, CEW Sulentic - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
One gene, the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene, is responsible for the expression of
all the different antibody isotypes. Transcriptional regulation of the IgH gene is complex and …

Systematic characterization and comparative analysis of the rabbit immunoglobulin repertoire

JJ Lavinder, KH Hoi, ST Reddy, Y Wine, G Georgiou - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Rabbits have been used extensively as a model system for the elucidation of the mechanism
of immunoglobulin diversification and for the production of antibodies. We employed Next …

Trials and tribulations with VH replacement

W Meng, S Jayaraman, B Zhang, GW Schwartz… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
VH replacement (VHR) is a type of antibody gene rearrangement in which an upstream
heavy chain variable gene segment (VH) invades a pre-existing rearrangement (VDJ). In …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel antibody germline gene and haplotype analyses support the validity of immunoglobulin germline gene inference and discovery

U Kirik, L Greiff, F Levander, M Ohlin - Molecular immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of antibody repertoire development and specific antibody responses
important for eg autoimmune conditions, allergy, and protection against disease is …

Diversification of immunoglobulin genes by gene conversion in the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

J Mallaby, W Mwangi, J Ng, A Stewart… - Discovery …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sustainable modern poultry production depends on effective protection against infectious
diseases and a diverse range of antibodies is key for an effective immune response. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Gene conversions are under purifying selection in the carcinoembryonic antigen immunoglobulin gene families of primates

M Zid, G Drouin - Genomics, 2013 - Elsevier
The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family contains a large number of glycoproteins
belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Here, we investigate whether the gene …

Studying antibody repertoires with next-generation sequencing

WD Lees, AJ Shepherd - … : Volume II: Structure, Function, and Applications, 2017 - Springer
Next-generation sequencing is making it possible to study the antibody repertoire of an
organism in unprecedented detail, and, by so doing, to characterize its behavior in the …

Kinetic models reveal the in vivo mechanisms of mutagenesis in microbes and man

BE Wright, KH Schmidt, MF Minnick - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the evidence indicating that mutagenic mechanisms in vivo are
essentially the same in all living cells. Unique metabolic reactions to a particular …

Immunogenetics in the rabbit.

RG Mage, C Rogel-Gaillard - The genetics and genomics of …, 2021 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This chapter on immunogenetics in the rabbit focused on some genes with genetic and
genomic sequence information including those encoding: soluble circulating …

Characterization of a new V gene replacement in the absence of activation‐induced cytidine deaminase and its contribution to human B‐cell receptor diversity

H Ouled‐Haddou, H Ghamlouch, A Regnier… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In B cells, B‐cell receptor (BCR) immunoglobulin revision is a common route for modifying
unwanted antibody specificities via a mechanism called VH replacement. This in vivo …