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A cis-acting diversification activator both necessary and sufficient for AID-mediated hypermutation.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2009
Blagodatski Artem, Batrak Vera, Schmidl Sabine, Schoetz Ulrike, Caldwell Randolph B, Arakawa Hiroshi, Buerstedde Jean-Marie
Abstract excerpt
Hypermutation of the immunoglobulin (Ig) genes requires Activation Induced cytidine Deaminase (AID) and transcription, but it remains unclear why other transcribed genes of B cells do not mutate. We describe a reporter transgene crippled by hypermutation when inserted into or near the Ig light chain (IgL) locus of the DT40 B cell line yet stably expressed when inserted into other chromosomal positions. Step-wise...
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