Generation of Diversity Flashcards
(37 cards)


Clonal Selection

How many gene families are there?

How are V-Regions different in assembly than Constant Regions?
How are different regions coded for?

Light Chain Gene Rearrangements

Stepwise Light Chain Rearrangements:
Germline DNA
Rearranged DNA
Primary RNA Transcript
mRNA
PolyPeptide Chain

Heavy Chain Rearrangments

Stepwise Heavy Chain Rearrangements:
Germline DNA
Rearranged DNA
Primary RNA Transcript
mRNA
PolyPeptide Chain

Heavy Chain Locus

Kappa Light Chain Locus

Lamda Light Chain Locus

Heavy Chain Rearrangements in two different B-Cell Clones

Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chain Loci

Random Recombination of Gene Segments

Junctional Diversity

Schematic of V-J Recombination

Junctional Diversity

Potential Repitoire

Diversity of CDR’s

Allelic Exclusion

Southern Blott

PCR Primers

Characterization of Junctional Genes

When Does Somatic Hypermutation Occur?













