The inactivation of the XP-C gene does not affect somatic hypermutation or class switch recombination of immunoglobulin genes

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 527-533

  Shen, Hong Ming ^a   Cheo, David L ^b   Friedberg, Errol ^b   Storb, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Immunoglobulin genes; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, SWITCH; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0000542120     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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