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Lack of Evidence for a Substantial Rate of Templated Mutagenesis in B Cell Diversification.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2020
Fukuyama Julia, Olson Branden J, Matsen Frederick A
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BCR sequences diversify through mutations introduced by purpose-built cellular machinery. A recent paper has concluded that a "templated mutagenesis" process is a major contributor to somatic hypermutation and therefore Ig diversification in mice and humans. In this proposed process, mutations in the Ig locus are introduced by copying short segments from other Ig genes. If true, this would overturn decades of...
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