title: [An hypothesis for the process of selection at the subcellular level leading to the appearance of new clones].
abstract: According to the hypothesis we propose, the stimulation of one lymphocyte by an antigen induces the simultaneous expression of a great diversity of immunoglobulins of different specificities. Each molecular species is associated with the corresponding mRNA  within a subcellular structure: the ergastoplasmic cisterna. It has been shown that in some responding lymphocytes at an early stage of the immune response a few such cisternae are loaded with antibodies while most of the cisternae are synthesizing non specific immunoglobulins. The main point of our proposal is that the selective action of antigen bears on these cisternae and that the mRNA corresponding to the immunoglobulins fitting best to the antigen is transcribed to DNA which is then inserted into the genome. This cell and its progeny become thereafter a monospecific clone submitted to regulation as an element of the network.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens; D002999:Clone Cells; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D012333:RNA, Messenger
vernacular_title: Une hypothèse sur un processus de sélection au niveau subcellulaire conduisant à l'émergence de nouveaux clones.