Article
RNA editing of hepatitis B virus transcripts by activation-induced cytidine deaminase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Feb 2013
Liang Guoxin, Kitamura Kouichi, Wang Zhe, Liu Guangyan, Chowdhury Sajeda, Fu Weixin, Koura Miki, Wakae Kousho, Honjo Tasuku, Muramatsu Masamichi
Abstract excerpt
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is essential for the somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class-switch recombination (CSR) of Ig genes. The mechanism by which AID triggers SHM and CSR has been explained by two distinct models. In the DNA deamination model, AID converts cytidine bases in DNA into uridine. The uridine is recognized by the DNA repair system, which produces DNA strand breakages and point...
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