The signature of somatic hypermutation appears to be written into the germline IgV segment repertoire

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-132

  Blanden, Robert V ^a   Rothenfluh, Harald S ^a   Zylstra, Paula ^b   Weiller, Georg F ^c   Steele, Edward J ^a,b  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DNA RECOMBINATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 0031943521     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01435.x     Document Type: Article

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