Svensk definition
Den enorma variationsrikedom antikroppar kännetecknas av, och som tillåter immunsystemet att reagera specifikt med med det i stort sett obegränsade antal olika antigen det möter. Det finns tre huvudte orier för att förklara antikroppsdiversifieringen: 1)embryonalcellsteorien, som säger att varje antikroppsproducerande cell har gener som kodar för alla tänkbara antigena specificiteter; 2) mutationst eorien, som säger att de antikroppsproducerande cellerna endast innehåller ett fåtal gener, som åstadkommer diversifiering genom mutation; 3) omkastningsteorien
Engelsk definition
The phenomenon of immense variability characteristic of ANTIBODIES. It enables the IMMUNE SYSTEM to react specifically against the essentially unlimited kinds of ANTIGENS it encounters. Antibody diversity is accounted for by three main theories: (1) the Germ Line Theory, which holds that each antibody-producing cell has genes coding for all possible antibody specificities, but expresses only the one stimulated by antigen; (2) the Somatic Mutation Theory, which holds that antibody-producing cells contain only a few genes, which produce antibody diversity by mutation; and (3) the Gene Rearrangement Theory, which holds that antibody diversity is generated by the rearrangement of IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION gene segments during the differentiation of the ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS.
Svenska synonymer
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Engelska synonymer
Antibody Diversities — Diversities, Antibody — Diversity, Antibody — Germ Line Theory — Germ Line Theories — Theories, Germ Line — Theory, Germ Line