The activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) efficiently targets DNA in nucleosomes but only during transcription

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1057-1071

  Hong, Ming Shen ^a   Poirier, Michael G ^b   Allen, Michael J ^a   North, Justin ^b   Lal, Ratnesh ^a   Widom, Jonathan ^c   Storb, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; CYTIDINE; DNA;

AMP GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; NUCLEOSOMES; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 66049129496     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20082678     Document Type: Article

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