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Mechanisms by which transcription can regulate somatic hypermutation.
Genes and immunity - 1 May 2004
Wright B E, Schmidt K H, Minnick M F
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms for somatic hypermutation (SHM) have proven elusive. An actively transcribed substrate was analyzed to elucidate the role of stem-loop structures (SLSs) in SHM. Analysis with a new computer algorithm indicates that the location and mutability of a base are regulated by: (a) the extent to which it is unpaired, (b) the degree to which it is exposed by stabilization of SLSs containing and flanking it, and...
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