First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene

First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene  Visualization Credits: Amit Chourasia, Steve Cutchin  Data Credits: Suchit Jhunjhunwala and Cornelis Murre, UCSD Tools: Maya, Python

UC San Diego researchers have shown for the first time how a genome - the most essential part of the cell for storing and accessing genetic information - is organized in three-dimensional space. This 3D rendering is an immunoglobulin locus in B cells, showing the relative positions of various portions of immunoglobulin genes. The grey band indicates constant regions; blue defines proximal variable regions; and green are distal variable regions. The red band indicates the linker connecting the proximal variable and joining regions.

Apr 2008 More info