Hot spot focusing of somatic hypermutation in MSH2-deficient mice suggests two stages of mutational targeting

Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Rada, Cristina ^a   Ehrenstein, Michael R ^a   Neuberger, Michael S ^a   Milstein, César ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032127804     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80595-6     Document Type: Article

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