Mutation frequency vs. mutation patterns: A comparison of the results in spleen and Peyer's patches

DNA Repair

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1408-1410

  Wang, Ji Yang ^a  

^a RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase eta; DNA polymerase theta; Germinal center B cell; Peyer's patches; Spleen

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LETTER; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MICE; MUTATION; PEYER'S PATCHES; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 48149095489     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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