Somatic hypermutation and the three R's: Repair, replication and recombination

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-178

  Harris, Reuben S ^a   Kong, Qingzhong ^a   Maizels, Nancy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Antibody; B cell; DNA repair; DNA replication; Germinal center; Immunoglobulin; Mismatch repair; Recombination; Selection; Somatic hypermutation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTATION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645700119     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(99)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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