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Possible contribution of DNase gamma to immunoglobulin V gene diversification.
Immunology letters - 30 Jun 2009
Okamoto Noriaki, Okamoto Mariko, Araki Shinsuke, Arakawa Hiroshi, Mizuta Ryushin, Kitamura Daisuke
Abstract excerpt
Somatic hypermutation (SHM) diversifies the rearranged immunoglobulin variable (V) region gene in B cells, contributing to affinity maturation of antibodies. It is believed that SHM is generated either by direct replication or by error-prone repair systems resolving V region DNA lesions caused directly or indirectly by cytidine deaminase AID. In accord with a part of these mechanisms, it was reported that SHM is...
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