Sequence-specific targeting of two bases on both DNA strands by the somatic hypermutation mechanism

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 287-295

  Shapiro, Gary S ^a,b   Ellison, Misoo C ^a   Wysocki, Lawrence J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; B Lymphocytes; Error prone polymerases; Somatic hypermutation; Strand bias

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DINUCLEOTIDE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; GENE; GENE TARGETING; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042928150     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(03)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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