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Taming AID mutator activity in somatic hypermutation.
Trends in biochemical sciences - 1 Jul 2024
Qin Yining, Meng Fei-Long
Abstract excerpt
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) initiates somatic hypermutation (SHM) by introducing base substitutions into antibody genes, a process enabling antibody affinity maturation in immune response. How a mutator is tamed to precisely and safely generate programmed DNA lesions in a physiological process remains unsettled, as its dysregulation drives lymphomagenesis. Recent research has revealed several...
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