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This is somewhat like the way antibodies are formed. There are genetic changes (recombination) at the DNA level in the antibody hyper-variable regions. This is
by mbreese 14y ago
This is somewhat like the way antibodies are formed. There are genetic changes (recombination) at the DNA level in the antibody hyper-variable regions. This is how we produce antibodies for everything based on a single gene (somewhat).
However, antibody VDJ recombination is more akin to write-only memory. Once it is produced, it doesn't change.