Gene conversion-like events in the diversification of human rearranged IGHV3-23*01 gene sequences

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Duvvuri, Bhargavi ^a   Wu, Gillian E ^a  

^a York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation induced cytidine deaminase; Affinity maturation; DNA secondary structure; Gene conversion; Homologous recombination; Human immunoglobulin gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874169465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00158     Document Type: Article

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