Immunoglobulin gene hypermutation in germinal centers is independent of the RAG-1 V(D)J recombinase

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 133-141

  Zheng, Biao ^a   Han, Shuhua ^a   Spanopoulou, Eugenia ^b   Kelsoe, Garnett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mount Sinai School of Medicne   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; NUCLEASE; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GERMINAL CENTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MUTATION; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0031897509     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01436.x     Document Type: Article

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