Hypermutation at A-T base pairs: The A nucleotide replacement spectrum is affected by adjacent nucleotides and there is no reverse complementarity of sequences flanking mutated A and T nucleotides

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 5170-5177

  Spencer, Jo ^a   Dunn Walters, Deborah K ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE DERIVATIVE; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DEAMINATION; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; MISMATCH REPAIR; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

EID: 26844567958     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.8.5170     Document Type: Article

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