Activation-induced cytidine deaminase-dependent DNA breaks in class switch recombination occur during G1 phase of the cell cycle and depend upon mismatch repair

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 6064-6071

  Schrader, Carol E ^a   Guikema, Jeroen E J ^a   Linehan, Erin K ^a   Selsing, Erik ^b   Stavnezer, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE; AICDA (ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE); AICDA (ACTIVATION-INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE); CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SWITCHING; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; G1 PHASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

EID: 36549008815     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.9.6064     Document Type: Article

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