Article
The mechanisms regulating the subcellular localization of AID.
Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000
Patenaude Anne-Marie, Di Noia Javier M
Abstract excerpt
Activation induced deaminase (AID) is a unique enzyme that directly introduces mutations in the immunoglobulin genes to generate antibody diversity during the humoral immune response. Since this mutator enzyme poses a measurable risk of off-target mutation, which can be deleterious or transforming for a cell, several regulatory mechanisms exist to control its activity. At least three of these mechanisms affect...
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