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Renate Dildrop
Researcher at University of Cologne
Publications - 12
Citations - 887
Renate Dildrop is an academic researcher from University of Cologne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Germline mutation. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 878 citations.
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Analysis of somatic mutation and class switching in naive and memory B cells generating adoptive primary and secondary responses
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that mutants that have lost antigen binding specificity but that remain available for stimulation by a different antigen arise upon antigenic stimulation, and may represent a distinct differentiation pathway.
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Timing, Genetic Requirements and Functional Consequences of Somatic Hypermutation during B‐Cell Development
Deborah Allen,Ana Cumano,Renate Dildrop,Christine Kocks,Klaus Rajewsky,Nikolaus Rajewsky,Jürgen Roes,Fred Sablitzky,Miriam Siekevitz +8 more
TL;DR: By constructing an antibody mutant through site-specific mutagenesis, it is shown that a point mutation in CDR1 of the heavy chain, found in most secondary anti-NP antibodies, is sufficient to increase NP binding affinity to the level typical for the secondary response.
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A new classification of mouse VH sequences.
TL;DR: Renate Dildrop has compared heavy chain variable-region sequences of mouse immunoglobulins at the amino acid level and determined the homology within the coding region of the entire VHgene segment.
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VH-gene expression in murine lipopolysaccharide blasts distributes over the nine known VH-gene groups and may be random.
TL;DR: VH‐gene expression in hybridomas derived from lipopolysaccharide‐activated B cells was analyzed and it appears that the latter essentially represent the Vn‐ gene cluster of the mouse.
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Immunoglobulin V region variants in hybridoma cells. II. Recombination between V genes.
TL;DR: The mouse hybridoma line B1‐8.delta 1 secretes a monoclonal IgD, lambda 1 anti‐(4‐hydroxy‐3‐nitrophenyl)acetyl (NP) antibody with defined idiotypic determinants and the variant arose by recombination, possibly gene conversion, between the rearranged VDJ gene of the wild‐type and a neighbouring germ line VH gene encoding all of the substitutions.