Opinion: uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG) plays distinct and non-canonical roles in somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination

International Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 575-578

  Yousif, Ashraf S ^a   Stanlie, Andre ^b   Begum, Nasim A ^a   Honjo, Tasuku ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AID; Brd4; CSR; NHEJ; SHM; UNG

Indexed keywords

AICDA (ACTIVATION-INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE); CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; CATALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; MICE; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

EID: 84918768667     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxu071     Document Type: Review

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