In an immune response, antibody molecules are altered so they can bind to intruders more strongly. Some of the molecules that determine which alteration process predominates have now been tracked down.
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Martin, A., Scharff, M. Antibody alterations. Nature 412, 870–871 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35091184
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