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HYPERVARIABLE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

DNA fingerprint analyses, using a set of 5 hypervariable minisatellite single-locus probes developed from the ruff genome by Terry Burke and co-workers at Leicester (Nature 378:59-62) , confirmed that half or more of female ruffs have broods fathered by more than one male. This is an unusual finding for a lek breeding bird.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

D'autres minisatellites, les minisatellites hypervariables, se présentent sous forme de blocs de moins de vingt milliers de bases, comprenant des répétitions de motifs du genre GGGCAGCAXG (X représentant n'importe quelle base).

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

The part of both the heavy and light chains of an antibody molecule that enable it to bind to a specific site on an antigen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

La protéine de l'anticorps est en forme de Y, rigidifiée par des ponts disulfures. Les "bouts" du Y sont constitués de zones dites "hypervariables". Au cours de la maturation des lymphocytes B, le gène codant pour l'immunoglobuline subit un réarrangement aléatoire par épissage (tout particulièrement dans la région hypervariable).

Key term(s)
  • zone dite hypovariable
  • zone hypovariable

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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