lymphocyte §

A lymphocyte expresses many exact copies of a single antigen receptor that has a unique antigen-binding site.

b lymphocyte and t lymphocyte.

Generation of lymphocyte antigen receptors §

Variable regions of the TCR and antibody are formed from gene segments that encode only a part of the Ig domain, which are rearranged by a process of somatic DNA recombination to form a unique variable coding region.

Primary immunoglobulin gene rearrangement

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