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The AID antibody diversification enzyme is regulated by protein kinase A phosphorylation.
Nature - 24 Nov 2005
Basu Uttiya, Chaudhuri Jayanta, Alpert Craig, Dutt Shilpee, Ranganath Sheila, Li Gang, Schrum Jason Patrick, Manis John P, Alt Frederick W
Abstract excerpt
Antibodies, which are produced by B-lineage cells, consist of immunoglobulin heavy (IgH) and light (IgL) chains that have amino-terminal variable regions and carboxy-terminal constant regions. In response to antigens, B cells undergo two types of genomic alterations to increase antibody diversity. Affinity for antigen can be increased by introduction of point mutations into IgH and IgL variable regions by somatic...
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