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Location, location, location: the cell biology of immunoglobulin allelic control

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Individual lymphocytes express antigen receptors of a singular specificity. How this process, known as allelic exclusion, is established and maintained is unknown. Differences in subnuclear localization appear to contribute to enforcement of monoallelic receptor expression.

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Figure 1: Repositioning of Ig gene alleles upon B cell activation.

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    David G. T. Hesslein, Patrick E. Fields & David G. Schatz

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Hesslein, D., Fields, P. & Schatz, D. Location, location, location: the cell biology of immunoglobulin allelic control. Nat Immunol 2, 825–826 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0901-825

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