A role for Msh6 but not Msh3 in somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Martomo, Stella A ^a   Yang, William W ^a   Gearhart, Patricia J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Class switching; Cytosine deamination; DNA repair enzymes; Mutation hotspots

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASE PAIRING; CLASS SWITCH RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

EID: 3142663166     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040691     Document Type: Article

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