DNA polymerase η is the sole contributor of A/T modifications during immunoglobulin gene hypermutation in the mouse

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Delbos, Frédéric ^a,b   Aoufouchi, Said ^a,b   Faili, Ahmad ^a,b   Weill, Jean Claude ^a,b   Reynaud, Claude Agnès ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ETA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MSH2; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; DNA; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

EID: 33846404877     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062131     Document Type: Article

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