A role for PCNA ubiquitination in immunoglobulin hypermutation.

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a DNA polymerase cofactor and regulator of replication-linked functions. Upon DNA damage, yeast and vertebrate PCNA is modified at the conserved lysine K164 by ubiquitin, which mediates error-prone replication across lesions via translesion polymerases. W...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Arakawa, George-Lucian Moldovan, Huseyin Saribasak, Nesibe Nur Saribasak, Stefan Jentsch, Jean-Marie Buerstedde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1618868?pdf=render