Apex2 is required for efficient somatic hypermutation but not for class switch recombination of immunoglobulin genes

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The DNA cleavage step in both the class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM) of Ig genes is initiated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). However, the detailed mechanisms of the DNA strand cleavage in SHM and CSR are still largely unknown. Recently, the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleases, Apex1 and Apex2, were reported to be involved in the DNA cleavage step of CSR. Here, we...

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