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AID-mediated diversification within the IgL locus of chicken DT40 cells is restricted to the transcribed IgL gene.
Molecular immunology - 1 Apr 2008
Gopal Anjali R, Fugmann Sebastian D
Abstract excerpt
Somatic hypermutation (SHM) and gene conversion (GCV) are closely related processes that increase the diversity the primary immunoglobulin repertoire. In both processes the activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) converts cytosine residues to uracils within the DNA of the immunoglobulin (Ig) genes in a transcription-dependent manner, and subsequent error-prone repair processes lead to changes in the antigen...
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