Scientists identify DNA that regulates antibody production

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 09:56 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- When foreign invaders trip the immune system`s alarm, antibodies need to be specially sculpted to attack them head on. New research now shows that gene segments called enhancers control the reshuffling of antibody genes that makes such a precise and coordinated attack possible.

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