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Reduced switching in SCID B cells is associated with altered somatic mutation of recombined S regions.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2003
Cook Adam J L, Oganesian Liana, Harumal Pearly, Basten Antony, Brink Robert, Jolly Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Deoxyribonucleic acid double-stranded breaks act as intermediates in Ig V(D)J recombination and probably perform a similar function in class switch recombination between IgH C genes. In SCID mice, V(D)J recombination is blocked because the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) protein is defective. We show in this study that switching to all isotypes examined was detectable when the SCID...
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