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Transcription-dependent somatic hypermutation occurs at similar levels on functional and nonfunctional rearranged IgH alleles.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2004
Delpy Laurent, Sirac Christophe, Le Morvan Caroline, Cogné Michel
Abstract excerpt
Allelic exclusion of IgH chain expression is stringently established before or during early B cell maturation. It likely relies both on cellular mechanisms, selecting those cells in which a single receptor allows the best possible Ag response, and on molecular restrictions of gene accessibility to rearrangement. The extent to which transcriptional control may be involved is unclear. Transcripts arising from...
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