Conformational diversity facilitates antibody mutation trajectories and discrimination between foreign and self-antigens.
Burnett, D.L., Schofield, P., Langley, D.B., Jackson, J., Bourne, K., Wilson, E., Porebski, B.T., Buckle, A.M., Brink, R., Goodnow, C.C., Christ, D.(2020) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 117: 22341-22350
- PubMed: 32855302 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005102117
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6P4A, 6P4B, 6P4C, 6P4D - PubMed Abstract: 
Conformational diversity and self-cross-reactivity of antigens have been correlated with evasion from neutralizing antibody responses. We utilized single cell B cell sequencing, biolayer interferometry and X-ray crystallography to trace mutation selection pathways where the antibody response must resolve cross-reactivity between foreign and self-proteins bearing near-identical contact surfaces, but differing in conformational flexibility ...