The mechanism of somatic hypermutation studied with transgenic and transfected target genes

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Storb, Ursula ^a   Peters, Andy ^a   Klotz, Emily ^a   Rogerson, Brian ^a,b   Hackett Jr , John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin genes; Somatic hypermutation; Transcription coupled repair

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION SITE; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0029927054     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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