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For the specific purpose of the germinal center dynamics, one might be
interested in a number of scenarios for the mutation selection
process. It is, for example, not known whether mutation occurs during B
cell replication or during transcription of the immunoglobulin
gene. It is also not known whether the antigen is depleted by B cells,
or by other B cell independent mechanisms. All these scenarios give
qualitatively similar results, and thus here I will only present one:
mutations are introduced at B cell replication, and the antigen decays
exponentially with time.
Mihaela Oprea
1999-04-11