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A novel activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) mutation in Brazilian patients with hyper-IgM type 2 syndrome.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Aug 2013
Caratão Nadine, Cortesão Catarina S, Reis Pedro H, Freitas Raquel F, Jacob Cristina M A, Pastorino Antonio C, Carneiro-Sampaio Magda, Barreto Vasco M
Abstract excerpt
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is a DNA editing protein that plays an essential role in three major events of immunoglobulin (Ig) diversification: somatic hypermutation, class switch recombination and Ig gene conversion. Mutations in the AID gene (AICDA) have been found in patients with autosomal recessive Hyper-IgM (HIGM) syndrome type 2. Here, two 9- and 14-year-old Brazilian sisters, from a...
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