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A shuttle vector system for the investigation of immunoglobulin gene hypermutation: absence of enhanced mutability in intermediate B cell lines.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Johnston J M, Yu M T, Carroll W L
Abstract excerpt
Somatic hypermutation focused to the rearranged V(D)J segment of the immunoglobulin (Ig) loci contributes substantially to antibody gene diversification. However, neither the precise B cell subset subject to hypermutation nor the molecular mechanism(s) involved is known. One model proposes that Ig segments may be uniquely susceptible to DNA nicking and subsequent error-prone repair during a specific B cell...
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