Targeting of somatic hypermutation by immunoglobulin enhancer and enhancer-like sequences.

Somatic hypermutation (SH) generates point mutations within rearranged immunoglobulin (Ig) genes of activated B cells, providing genetic diversity for the affinity maturation of antibodies. SH requires the activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) protein and transcription of the mutation target s...

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Main Authors: Jean-Marie Buerstedde, Jukka Alinikula, Hiroshi Arakawa, Jessica J McDonald, David G Schatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24691034/?tool=EBI