Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Deciphering the importance of the palindromic architecture of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain 3’ regulatory region

  • Alexis Saintamand,
  • Christelle Vincent-Fabert,
  • Armand Garot,
  • Pauline Rouaud,
  • Zeliha Oruc,
  • Virginie Magnone,
  • Michel Cogné,
  • Yves Denizot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10730
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The IgH3’ regulatory region contains an evolutionarily conserved palindromic sequence flanking important enhancer elements. Here the authors show that the palindrome is required for generating antibody diversity.