A unifying hypothesis for the molecular mechanism of somatic mutation and gene conversion in rearranged immunoglobulin variable genes

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-293

  Blanden, Robert V ^a   Steele, Edward J ^a,b  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Immunoglobulin variable genes; Somatic hypermutation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031868081     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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