Generation of Diversity Flashcards


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?

Somatic Hypermutation

AID

AID and the Process of Somatic Hypermutation

Somatic Hypermutation and Secondary Response

T-Cell Origin

T-Cell Receptor vs. B-Cell

Classes of T-Cell

TCR Locus

Recombination in T-Cells

RAG Deficiency

TCR Junctional Diversitu

TCell Repitoire


Light Chain DNA Gene Rearrangement
(Only heavy chains undergo class switching) B is the answer