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Reduced immunoglobulin class switch recombination in the absence of Artemis.
Blood - 22 Oct 2009
Rivera-Munoz Paola, Soulas-Sprauel Pauline, Le Guyader Gwenaël, Abramowski Vincent, Bruneau Sylvia, Fischer Alain, Pâques Frédéric, de Villartay Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Nonhomologous end-joining DNA repair factors, including Artemis, are all required for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, which occur during the assembly of the variable antigen recognition domain of B-cell receptors and T-cell receptors through the V(D)J recombination. Mature B cells further shape their immunoglobulin repertoire on antigen recognition notably through the class switch recombination (CSR)...
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