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Three-dimensional architecture of the IgH locus facilitates class switch recombination.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Sept 2012
Kenter Amy L, Feldman Scott, Wuerffel Robert, Achour Ikbel, Wang Lili, Kumar Satyendra
Abstract excerpt
Immunoglobulin (Ig) class switch recombination (CSR) is responsible for diversification of antibody effector function during an immune response. This region-specific recombination event, between repetitive switch (S) DNA elements, is unique to B lymphocytes and is induced by activationinduced deaminase (AID). CSR is critically dependent on transcription of noncoding RNAs across S regions. However, mechanistic...
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