Scientists identify DNA that regulates antibody production

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 17:35 in Biology & Nature

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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