Regulation of AID, the B-cell genome mutator

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Keim, Celia ^a   Kazadi, David ^a   Rothschild, Gerson ^a   Basu, Uttiya ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activation induced deaminase; DNA repair; Somatic mutations; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GERMINAL CENTER; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA PROCESSING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; MUTAGENESIS; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

EID: 84872287592     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.200014.112     Document Type: Article

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